The military tech space is understandably intrigued by camouflage that actively adapts to the background. And in , a team of scientists including Sir John Pendry developed a sort of proto-invisibility cloak that was able to manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum using artificial materials, designed to exhibit light-bending properties not found in nature. A blurry soldier running toward a tank during the Iraq war was captured in a video so low quality it was mistaken for cloaking technology.
Out in the field, he believes that his invention could effectively mask a target, and, to an extent, its movement. The key to its potential success lies in the simplicity of the design. MoviePass is back under one of its original co-founders and eyeing a relaunch in Here's what it will do. Plus, it's 70 percent similar in it parts to a Chevy Colorado ZR2 pickup.
Sign up to receive Popular Science's emails and get the highlights. However, there are still some things to iron out before it can be applied to clothing to replace traditional camouflage.
Currently, the subject must be a certain distance away from the material for it to conceal it. The material is currently in the prototype stage but Hyperstealth is in the process of working with manufacturers to streamline the product with Cramer estimating that it will be ready for most applications towards the end of This includes being used to create items such as riot shields, camouflage nets, parachutes or pop-up tents.
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Most in the military were skeptical that the real photos and videos I was showing them were not manipulated. I had an open channel in regards to new technology to the U. I assumed that the U. I was notified immediately after my talk by someone from the U.
Military that I could not show that video again as I had just shown them that I had solved a problem they were still working on. Even professors in Textiles at the symposium were astonished when they saw the video. Most research in this area is being done with Nanotechnology or Metamaterials.
Our Smartcamo approach showed how I could combine new technologies with preexisting for a cost effective - yet quick applicable solution to the problem. Slight modifications to the system will allow a mobile or moving camouflage for uniforms to mask movement. There are limitations to Smartcamo such as cost, weight of power source and limited activation time. What I was not saying at the time was that I had already developed something better without these limitations; Quantum Stealth.
I was speaking at a breakout session at ADS Inc. Anyone was allowed to attend and being a military show in San Diego, there were a large number of U. After the talk she came to me for an interview on the subject. As with all media, I told her that I could describe where it could be used but not how I accomplished the light bending. She wanted images and I told her that I could not provide those images for public dissemination.
This is when the media became very interested in this technology and helped garner the interest of the U. After enough press had been written on the subject, the U. Military Command finally asked to see the real material to verify that it worked.
Do I care that people remain skeptical? Nope, the people that need to know that it works have seen it and verified it and their opinions are the only ones that matter.
Will Quantum Stealth be available for the general public or commercial market? Not in the near future unless the Military decided to release the technology and I don't anticipate that will happen anytime soon. Is there anything planned for the commercial market? I am working on a number of non-powered color changing camouflage materials for the commercial market which utilize different technologies than either Quantum Stealth or Smartcamo. Colors change with climate, seasons cause environmental colors to change and even the 24 hour day can cause a large color discrepancy between camouflage and the background as day becomes night.
People want camouflage which can change with these variables. Have you made camouflage obsolete? Colin has gone on record to say that it does work as Cramer claims. Colin has signed an NDA agreement and unable to provide specifics but he states; "Things really disappear with this Quantum Stealth material, it does work". The fabric is used in a new invisibility cloak. Update: December 14, With close to 5, worldwide news stories on our Invisibility Cloak over the last 4 days, we want to show one of the best stories so far.
It is lightweight and quite inexpensive. Both the U. Cramer has announced the Quantum Stealth material as "light-bending material," which is "non-powered adaptive camouflage that portrays what is behind the user in-front of the user bending the light around the target.
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