Invisiblity not far!!
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Everyone knows about the famous Invisibility Cloak from Harry Potter, right? Well, scientists have created a proto type of one. It works by bending the light so the light goes around the object as if it weren't there! :omg: Don't believe me? Check It Out!! I love Technology! Using designing, whatever!! It's my life!! :-D
UltraCoder wrote:
I love Technology! Using designing, whatever!! It's my life!!
I don't see how this could benefit us outside of maybe war situations. I could see how it could be detrimental if put in the hands of the wrong people however. I have a feeling that if this were to come to fruition we just created something akin to guns all over again. Just like a good programmer knows, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. A lot of scientists seemingly loose touch with that fact in the pursuit of creating new stuff. In short, Einstein said it best... "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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UltraCoder wrote:
I love Technology! Using designing, whatever!! It's my life!!
I don't see how this could benefit us outside of maybe war situations. I could see how it could be detrimental if put in the hands of the wrong people however. I have a feeling that if this were to come to fruition we just created something akin to guns all over again. Just like a good programmer knows, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. A lot of scientists seemingly loose touch with that fact in the pursuit of creating new stuff. In short, Einstein said it best... "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Just like a good programmer knows, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. A lot of scientists seemingly loose touch with that fact in the pursuit of creating new stuff.
I read about this in the paper a few days ago, first thing that came to mind was Link2006, a "peeping tom" who has been going around sydney looking in bathroom windows and a programmer who was busted at the Indy car race last weekend using his video camera to look up womens skirts
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UltraCoder wrote:
I love Technology! Using designing, whatever!! It's my life!!
I don't see how this could benefit us outside of maybe war situations. I could see how it could be detrimental if put in the hands of the wrong people however. I have a feeling that if this were to come to fruition we just created something akin to guns all over again. Just like a good programmer knows, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. A lot of scientists seemingly loose touch with that fact in the pursuit of creating new stuff. In short, Einstein said it best... "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
Yo Jeremy! I was in your "neck of the woods" a couple weeks ago. I flew into New Orleans and drove up to a customer in Greensburg, LA (just north of Amite City). What's up with the locals fascination with daiquiris? :confused:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Just like a good programmer knows, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. A lot of scientists seemingly loose touch with that fact in the pursuit of creating new stuff.
I read about this in the paper a few days ago, first thing that came to mind was Link2006, a "peeping tom" who has been going around sydney looking in bathroom windows and a programmer who was busted at the Indy car race last weekend using his video camera to look up womens skirts
Sad but true. I'd wager it would make things easier for bank robbers, etc. - just about anything really - easier because people rely on sight so much to confirm/validate the presence of something. I realize like most new technology, the military will have it first. Let's just hope it stays there and is very inaccessible to the public. Even still, I'm no so crazy about the idea of the governments having them either.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Just like a good programmer knows, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. A lot of scientists seemingly loose touch with that fact in the pursuit of creating new stuff.
I read about this in the paper a few days ago, first thing that came to mind was Link2006, a "peeping tom" who has been going around sydney looking in bathroom windows and a programmer who was busted at the Indy car race last weekend using his video camera to look up womens skirts
Josh Gray wrote:
a "peeping tom" who has been going around sydney looking in bathroom windows
He was, no doubt, a selfless soul, merely trying to help the residents realize the importance of curtains and frosted windows... :rolleyes:
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?
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Yo Jeremy! I was in your "neck of the woods" a couple weeks ago. I flew into New Orleans and drove up to a customer in Greensburg, LA (just north of Amite City). What's up with the locals fascination with daiquiris? :confused:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss
Mike Mullikin wrote:
I was in your "neck of the woods" a couple weeks ago. I flew into New Orleans and drove up to a customer in Greensburg, LA (just north of Amite City).
Cool, you should've looked me up. I may have even brushed my teeth.
Mike Mullikin wrote:
What's up with the locals fascination with daiquiris?
LMAO! New Orleans will always be a party city. I don't know of any other place that actually has drive through daiquiri shops except for here. Oh yeah, it's illegal to drink and drive, but I guess if you need your daily booze and are in a hurry... :-D
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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Sad but true. I'd wager it would make things easier for bank robbers, etc. - just about anything really - easier because people rely on sight so much to confirm/validate the presence of something. I realize like most new technology, the military will have it first. Let's just hope it stays there and is very inaccessible to the public. Even still, I'm no so crazy about the idea of the governments having them either.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I realize like most new technology, the military will have it first. Let's just hope it stays there and is very inaccessible to the public. Even still, I'm no so crazy about the idea of the governments having them either.
Yeah thats going to work just like with strong encription :rolleyes:
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I realize like most new technology, the military will have it first. Let's just hope it stays there and is very inaccessible to the public. Even still, I'm no so crazy about the idea of the governments having them either.
Yeah thats going to work just like with strong encription :rolleyes:
Josh Gray wrote:
Yeah thats going to work just like with strong encription
:laugh:
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
I was in your "neck of the woods" a couple weeks ago. I flew into New Orleans and drove up to a customer in Greensburg, LA (just north of Amite City).
Cool, you should've looked me up. I may have even brushed my teeth.
Mike Mullikin wrote:
What's up with the locals fascination with daiquiris?
LMAO! New Orleans will always be a party city. I don't know of any other place that actually has drive through daiquiri shops except for here. Oh yeah, it's illegal to drink and drive, but I guess if you need your daily booze and are in a hurry... :-D
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Cool, you should've looked me up. I may have even brushed my teeth.
I thought about it - but we ended up doing 15+ hrs. a day to get the job done early. :omg:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Cool, you should've looked me up. I may have even brushed my teeth.
I thought about it - but we ended up doing 15+ hrs. a day to get the job done early. :omg:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss
Mike Mullikin wrote:
but we ended up doing 15+ hrs. a day to get the job done early
:omg: Kinda takes the fun out of the trip.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
but we ended up doing 15+ hrs. a day to get the job done early
:omg: Kinda takes the fun out of the trip.
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Kinda takes the fun out of the trip.
Tell me about it... :rolleyes: I never sleep on planes but this time I fell asleep just after takeoff from New Orleans, slept through a landing and takeoff in Houston and woke up during landing in Chicago. :-O
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
I was in your "neck of the woods" a couple weeks ago. I flew into New Orleans and drove up to a customer in Greensburg, LA (just north of Amite City).
Cool, you should've looked me up. I may have even brushed my teeth.
Mike Mullikin wrote:
What's up with the locals fascination with daiquiris?
LMAO! New Orleans will always be a party city. I don't know of any other place that actually has drive through daiquiri shops except for here. Oh yeah, it's illegal to drink and drive, but I guess if you need your daily booze and are in a hurry... :-D
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
I may have even brushed my teeth.
:laugh::~ :laugh:
This statement is false.
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UltraCoder wrote:
I love Technology! Using designing, whatever!! It's my life!!
I don't see how this could benefit us outside of maybe war situations. I could see how it could be detrimental if put in the hands of the wrong people however. I have a feeling that if this were to come to fruition we just created something akin to guns all over again. Just like a good programmer knows, just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. A lot of scientists seemingly loose touch with that fact in the pursuit of creating new stuff. In short, Einstein said it best... "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity." - Albert Einstein
Jeremy Falcon A multithreaded, OpenGL-enabled application.[^]
It could be useful in the medical field. If you turned it into gloves, a doctor would be able to perform surgery and not have to keep looking around his/her hands all of the time and get a better view of what's going on. It can be used to hide big scary equipment. When someone is getting scanned by a machine that covers nearly their entire body, having the ability to make that machine become invisible could help their fears of being stuffed into a tube. Or maybe as a hospital gown. No more having to expose everything to let the doctor see how the wound on your stomach is doing when they can just press a button and all of your clothing becomes see through. I'm sure Nerf could have fun with balls that dissappear and reappear during flight. Nothing like scaring your friends when your ball dissappears out of your hands and then reappears in your buddy's hands. It would work great as a laundry bag. Or if you're tired or people complaining about the car that's on cinder blocks in the driveway, this could fix all of your trouble.
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It could be useful in the medical field. If you turned it into gloves, a doctor would be able to perform surgery and not have to keep looking around his/her hands all of the time and get a better view of what's going on. It can be used to hide big scary equipment. When someone is getting scanned by a machine that covers nearly their entire body, having the ability to make that machine become invisible could help their fears of being stuffed into a tube. Or maybe as a hospital gown. No more having to expose everything to let the doctor see how the wound on your stomach is doing when they can just press a button and all of your clothing becomes see through. I'm sure Nerf could have fun with balls that dissappear and reappear during flight. Nothing like scaring your friends when your ball dissappears out of your hands and then reappears in your buddy's hands. It would work great as a laundry bag. Or if you're tired or people complaining about the car that's on cinder blocks in the driveway, this could fix all of your trouble.
Sho_Asylumn wrote:
If you turned it into gloves, a doctor would be able to perform surgery and not have to keep looking around his/her hands all of the time and get a better view of what's going on.
Interesting.
Sho_Asylumn wrote:
It can be used to hide big scary equipment. When someone is getting scanned by a machine that covers nearly their entire body, having the ability to make that machine become invisible could help their fears of being stuffed into a tube.
Interesting.
Sho_Asylumn wrote:
Or maybe as a hospital gown. No more having to expose everything to let the doctor see how the wound on your stomach is doing when they can just press a button and all of your clothing becomes see through.
Uh..."But officer, I'm not a flasher, I AM wearing clothes!" :laugh: And imagine the pranks kids would do with this, e.g. walls covered with the invisible clothes.
"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." - Thomas Jefferson "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin Edbert Sydney, Australia
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Everyone knows about the famous Invisibility Cloak from Harry Potter, right? Well, scientists have created a proto type of one. It works by bending the light so the light goes around the object as if it weren't there! :omg: Don't believe me? Check It Out!! I love Technology! Using designing, whatever!! It's my life!! :-D
UltraCoder wrote:
It works by bending the light
Microwaves, not visible light. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith -
It could be useful in the medical field. If you turned it into gloves, a doctor would be able to perform surgery and not have to keep looking around his/her hands all of the time and get a better view of what's going on. It can be used to hide big scary equipment. When someone is getting scanned by a machine that covers nearly their entire body, having the ability to make that machine become invisible could help their fears of being stuffed into a tube. Or maybe as a hospital gown. No more having to expose everything to let the doctor see how the wound on your stomach is doing when they can just press a button and all of your clothing becomes see through. I'm sure Nerf could have fun with balls that dissappear and reappear during flight. Nothing like scaring your friends when your ball dissappears out of your hands and then reappears in your buddy's hands. It would work great as a laundry bag. Or if you're tired or people complaining about the car that's on cinder blocks in the driveway, this could fix all of your trouble.
Sho_Asylumn wrote:
If you turned it into gloves, a doctor would be able to perform surgery and not have to keep looking around his/her hands all of the time and get a better view of what's going on.
Could you place your hands in exactly the right spot without being able to see them? I'd hate for the doctor to miss...
Sho_Asylumn wrote:
It can be used to hide big scary equipment. When someone is getting scanned by a machine that covers nearly their entire body, having the ability to make that machine become invisible could help their fears of being stuffed into a tube.
That's not a bad idea.
Sho_Asylumn wrote:
Or maybe as a hospital gown. No more having to expose everything to let the doctor see how the wound on your stomach is doing when they can just press a button and all of your clothing becomes see through.
:wtf: Press a button and all of my clothing becomes see through? No thanks!
Sho_Asylumn wrote:
I'm sure Nerf could have fun with balls that dissappear and reappear during flight. Nothing like scaring your friends when your ball dissappears out of your hands and then reappears in your buddy's hands.
How would your buddy catch it without being able to see it? :confused:
Ryan
"Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late" John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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Everyone knows about the famous Invisibility Cloak from Harry Potter, right? Well, scientists have created a proto type of one. It works by bending the light so the light goes around the object as if it weren't there! :omg: Don't believe me? Check It Out!! I love Technology! Using designing, whatever!! It's my life!! :-D
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UltraCoder wrote:
It works by bending the light
Microwaves, not visible light. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithAh.... I was hoping it would be more like the invisible cloak here http://projects.star.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/projects/MEDIA/xv/oc.html[^] and here http://www.lindqvist.com/index.php?ID=351[^] but without the need for a secondary viewing device. I guess my plans for a stealth car[^] will have to wait.
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Everyone knows about the famous Invisibility Cloak from Harry Potter, right? Well, scientists have created a proto type of one. It works by bending the light so the light goes around the object as if it weren't there! :omg: Don't believe me? Check It Out!! I love Technology! Using designing, whatever!! It's my life!! :-D
About half a dozen links so far. Which means: Half a dozen pictures of people with body parts photoshopped away Half a dozen speculations what one could do with an invisibility cloak. Half a dozen of "science is awesome". Not a single picture of the apparatus. No sketch, but sketchy explanations at best.
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It could be useful in the medical field. If you turned it into gloves, a doctor would be able to perform surgery and not have to keep looking around his/her hands all of the time and get a better view of what's going on. It can be used to hide big scary equipment. When someone is getting scanned by a machine that covers nearly their entire body, having the ability to make that machine become invisible could help their fears of being stuffed into a tube. Or maybe as a hospital gown. No more having to expose everything to let the doctor see how the wound on your stomach is doing when they can just press a button and all of your clothing becomes see through. I'm sure Nerf could have fun with balls that dissappear and reappear during flight. Nothing like scaring your friends when your ball dissappears out of your hands and then reappears in your buddy's hands. It would work great as a laundry bag. Or if you're tired or people complaining about the car that's on cinder blocks in the driveway, this could fix all of your trouble.
Well those could be good reasons. My concern is this, the bad outweighs the good. I mean, guns do make it easier to hunt for food, but then they also make killing easier. And, so on and so forth. I'm just glad it's talking about microwaves, but if we can do with one type of a wave I'm sure lightwaves won't be far off.
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