October 31, 200719 yr http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=490669&in_page_id=1811%22]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1811"]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1811"]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=490669&in_page_id=1811"]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/arti...in_page_id=1811[/url] Army tests James Bond style tank that is 'invisible' Last updated at 11:56am on 30th October 2007 Comments Comments (4) New technology that can make tanks invisible has been unveiled by the Ministry of Defence. In secret trials last week, the Army said it had made a vehicle completely disappear and predicted that an invisible tank would be ready for service by 2012. The new technology uses cameras and projectors to beam images of the surrounding landscape onto a tank. The result is that anyone looking in the direction of the vehicle only sees what is beyond it and not the tank itself. A soldier, who was at the trials, said: "This technology is incredible. If I hadn't been present I wouldn't have believed it. I looked across the fields and just saw grass and trees - but in reality I was staring down the barrel of a tank gun." Breakthrough: The MoD's 'Q', Professor Sir John Pendry How the technology works in a combat situation is very sensitive, but the MoD is believed to be testing a military jacket that works on the same principles. It is the type of innovation normally associated with James Bond, and the brains behind the latest technology is the MoD's very own "Q" - Professor Sir John Pendry, of Imperial College London. He said the only drawback was the reliability of the cameras and projectors. But he added: "The next stage is to make the tank invisible without them - which is intricate and complicated, but possible." This is bloody brilliant! Exclusive secret government picture of what such a tank would look like:
October 31, 200719 yr It was only a matter of time. I had been hearing a lot of noise about this theory that you could use a large sequence of cameras and projectors to create this illusion, but I thought it was going to be awhile before it became practical.
November 1, 200719 yr The shields protect it, silly On Star Trek, the shields don't work when a starship is cloaked. /end nerdy nitpicking rant
November 1, 200719 yr The shields protect it, silly On Star Trek, the shields don't work when a starship is cloaked. /end nerdy nitpicking rant I was totally gonna say that. :shifty
November 1, 200719 yr The shields protect it, silly On Star Trek, the shields don't work when a starship is cloaked. /end nerdy nitpicking rant Ah, but there are also no bullets in Star Trek! :: has nothing :: I could have sworn there were ships in the Star Trek universe that had shields with cloak. For whatever reason, the super Enterprise-D from All Good Things comes to mind.
November 6, 200719 yr The shields protect it, silly On Star Trek, the shields don't work when a starship is cloaked. /end nerdy nitpicking rant then they need more power Captain
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