Soldiers get perfect cover: Invisibility cloak

[Ashoka The Great]

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LONDON: New Harry Potterstyle camouflage fabric that could make soldiers completely invisible on battlefield , by bending light waves around them, has been developed by a Canadian company. The US military is backing the development of the so-called 'Quantum Stealth' camouflage material which is said to render its wearers completely invisible , it has been claimed.

Manufacturers claim the material, which is in effect similar to the invisibility cloak worn by Harry Potter, can even fool night-vision goggles, the 'Daily Mail' reported . However, its development is apparently so secret the company behind it says it cannot even show the technology in action and offers only mock ups of its effect on their website.

Guy Cramer, CEO of Hyperstealth Biotechnology Corporation, says he does not care that some observers remain sceptical as to his company's claims since "the people that need to know that it works have seen it" . "Two separate command groups within the US military and two separate Canadian military groups as well as Federal Emergency Response Team (Counter Terrorism) have seen the actual material so they could verify that I was not just manipulating video or photo results," Cramer said.

"These groups now know that it works and does so without cameras, batteries , lights or mirrors... It is lightweight and quite inexpensive . Both the US and Canadian military have confirmed that it also works against military IR scopes and thermal optics," he said.

He says the fabric would be invaluable to pilots forced to eject over enemy terrain and evade capture, it would allow special forces teams to carry out raids in broad daylight without detection. It could also enable the creation of the next generation of stealth aircraft and it would enable submarines to remain concealed, he said. Cramer imagines a group of Canadian battle tanks decked out with Quantum Stealth camouflage that could engage an enemy unit with no signs of their location except the sound of their engines and guns.

Link: Soldiers get perfect cover: Invisibility cloak - The Times of India

[abhishekgoel80]

soon this type of technology may be extended to vehicles and aircrafts.

[Rajaraja Chola]

Already this technology was being worked out for long, since the First part of HP came out.

[RescueRanger]

Tripwire is your friend.

[RazPaK]

Tripwire is your friend.

LoL.

But hey, don't you think it could be useful for snipers?

[RescueRanger]

LoL.

But hey, don't you think it could be useful for snipers?

Yes it sure would work against a lesser tehcy nation, but everything has a counter... So if you can't see them via optics the next thing in your arsenal is vibraphones to detect heartbeats: Intelsec (Intelligent Security Ltd) | Heartbeat - Immigration Control, Border Security, Heartbeat Detection System or Co2 detectors to detect human breath: Carbon dioxide sensor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Everything has a counter. But yes, in the short term it is fantastic technology.

[zaxcolix]

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..if its true..its freaky. That is one tech Indian needs desperately to get its hands on.