http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/ Engadget Comments for British Army looks to make tanks, troops invisible http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Slightly hard for people to spot is hardly the same as 'easily spotted by tank destroying missile', it's all a totally pointless arms race.
Where do they plan to use this equipment? 10,000 of them in Afghanistan would be of nofuckinusewhatsoever, the Taliban have their own cloaking device, it's called soldier one second, goat farmer the next.
After watching that Afghanistan Conmmando series, which has to be the ultimate fly-on-the-wall battlefield program it's rather obvious all ground troops are just bait so the airpower can go fishin.]]>Oct 31st 2007 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/"coated with silicon" is another funky one. Silicon is more or less glass. it can't be sheet silicon so it is probably glass beads. Kind of like a movie screen.

What I am suspecting what actually happened is they covered the tank with what is effectively movie screen paint and then did a slide show on it. In the day time of course because if they did it at night it would glow like a drive in movie.

To paraphrase a fine british actor: SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM, SCAM!]]>Oct 31st 2007 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
Don't think we haven't been watching, redcoats!]]>Oct 31st 2007 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/"Ghost reporting."]]>Oct 31st 2007 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.open2.net/scienceshack/invisible.html

They put a couple of panels from a stadium tv display on one side of a car and displayed the images from a camera on the other-side. It was reasonably good as long as you stayed parallel to it as it moved.]]>Oct 31st 2007 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/

GRENADE OUT!!....?? Where did they go??

BOOM!!!

Ohhh! There they are.]]>Oct 31st 2007 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
Surprised it doesn't have a reference to Diana or Asylum Seekers within it to make it really belivable! LOL!!]]>Oct 31st 2007 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
since you're breaking modern everything, why don't you put some artificial intelligence thing on the tank? aaah, you know you want to.]]>Oct 31st 2007 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
"Apparently, the (previously) uber-secret trials were conducted on public British roads without being detected"]]>Oct 31st 2007 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
2 thoughts:
1. It uses projectors - So basically if its getting dark outside then this thing is going to light up like a beacon since projectors are bascially a flashlight with a screen in front of them.
2. Its highly reflective - at night this thing will probably stick out like a sore thumb from just moonlight reflecting off of it.

I would make some snarky comment about how I am glad the US government is not working on it except for the fact that they tried to build a gay bomb.

/ We are so screwed.]]>Oct 31st 2007 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
Darkness seems to be a reasonable way of making stuff invisible already...]]>Oct 31st 2007 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.armedforces-int.com/news/2007/10/30/british-army-trials-invisible-tank-technology.asp (I meant to add the link in my last comment - Sorry!)]]>Oct 31st 2007 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
Definitely worth trying but in my opinion more complete option is "Active Camouflage."
http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=850
It uses cameras on the back side of a person/object to project what it sees on the front side - giving you the impression that you're looking right through something (or not seeing that something at all). I'm sure that it's a power hog and you still have the POV problem, but you don't have to force your enemy to hold the camera and projector...]]>Oct 31st 2007 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Nov 1st 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
C'mon, Mechwarrior should've taught these guys something by now.]]>Oct 31st 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/No idea why we are even bothering the money on it.
]]>Oct 31st 2007 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/-How?.
-Paint it all white.(tips: think in the latest oil resource that UK can put their dirty hand over).

]]>Oct 31st 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
They are already making them invisible: it's called "withdrawl."]]>Oct 31st 2007 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/Oct 31st 2007 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
http://www.webyaa.com/category/technology]]>Nov 1st 2007 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/
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