Scientists Think They Can Make Objects Invisible

***raises up his hands***

O LORD , LET THY WILL BE DONE

Do you think airplane and cars can be compared to invisibllity ?

huh ?

Bolex,

Let me break this down for you,scientist spend a lot of time coming up with crazy ideas and engineers come up with how to implement those ideas.
From Newton to Einstein their ideas are still in use today.Many scientist have theorized the possibility of Time Travel and their loads of engineers
working with scientist to make this a reality.
Think about it we can travel back in time and see who ate the apple in the garden of Edenand if possible prevent it,find out who was Cains wife,the Flood etc wouldn't
that be great thing.We can also stop all the wars that has claimed millions of life and kill off bad people like Hitler.
You are right if i was aborted i would be here typing,if Hitler,Saddam,Idi Amin,Stalin,Bin laden and don't forget our very own Abacha were all
aborted the world would a much happier place.
I guese that would be trying God,or then again it wouldn't be if lest say you lost a family member in Sosoliso crash.

Bro Bolex,
The question still remains if a Time Machine becomes a reality wouldn't that solve most of the religious strive in the world,at lest we would know for sure if.
world was created in 6 days
Mohammad was a terrorist or a prophet
we can go into future and get the cure for all deceases or better still go back in time and prevent it
if Jesus was the son of God.
The fact is that technology offers possibilities,the fundamental difference between Africa and the rest of the world is the investment these developed countries have spent in science and engineering and not if they pray VIOLENT PRAYERS,SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND COLLECTING TITHES.
Bolex you are smart man and must now know that science remains objective,if it can be proven then it can be done.
You can be true to your profession if you know that you travel instantly from one point of the globe to another just because it was no ordained by God.

Bolex, remember the church leaders can be very stupid too. Galileo was imprisoned for saying everything in the Solar System revolves around the sun. The church said that was blasphemy because they argued that the Earth was the cntre of all creation and everything revolved around it.

Zahy . . .

stop am o

this is my take,
yes its amazing that invisibility can be created in this age, in our life time. its mind boggling,
but theres an edge we aint seeing, the scientific processes all boils down to a pile of logic.
and i know there is a realm of knowledge higher than logic,
if u gat a religion then u possibly  believe in a God who operates in a realm above the logical,
i don't think this suprises God,kind of like seeing your kid make an interesting lego construction,
but what's going to be end of all these for man, with clever tweaks of knowledge and logic,
wont man,who is already - esp in advanced countries- feel so bloated with ego and self
confidence in his mental ability , challenge the very existence and capability of God?!!
it is all very interesting.
but with more intellectual advancement,more display of knowledge, man will further  question the existence,potency and reality and need for 'a God' this will lead him to brashly contemn the idea of life controlled by a Divinity ,and maybe instigate a forceful push to purge society of that medieval lees of thinking .This is  what i think  certain types of  advancements in science and technology  may do the humanity's psyche.- forgive me if it sounds so negative(man is inherently flawed
and it would be good to point out potential side effect of his designs)

Hi Bolex, I completely agree with you.

There is scientific/technological advancement to raise the living standard of humans; then there are discoveries such as this where the bad most likely will outweigh the good when it comes to implementation.  I.E., nuclear bombs.  We live in a world were there is an imminent threat of a Nuclear Winter occurring:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_winter


"In the 1980s, scientists assessed the possible effects of nuclear warfare (many nuclear bombs exploding in different parts of the world) and proposed the theory that a nuclear winter could occur. In the nuclear-winter scenario, the explosion of many bombs would raise great clouds of dust and radioactive material that would travel high into Earth's atmosphere. These clouds would block out sunlight. The reduced level of sunlight would lower the surface temperature of the planet and reduce photosynthesis by plants and bacteria. The reduction in photosynthesis would disrupt the food chain, causing mass extinction of life (including humans)."   (http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb2.htm)

I believe one day the Western world, if UNCHECKED, will come to the point where they jeopardize, (quite literally, and more so than now), all of the human race and possibly will send us ALL back to the Dark Ages.  I was born and raised in the states but I'll tell you that the wisdom that comes from the African continent must be the saving grace of this World.  Life began where you are, thus people have had a long time to let their wisdom incubate.  There are some younger societies that don't understand what "Going too far" means.  I know that the wise will read these words and it will register.  Others might respond and think that this discussion ends with this forum, No.  It does not.  As a part of a macro-conscience, you must think this through past the education you have received in books.  You must also acknowledge the spiritual implications of this matter.  Most importantly, before having an opinion,  hear the pros and cons, then write them down on paper yourself.  Go through deep analysis, and ask yourself: "Does the Good outweigh the bad, or does the Bad outweigh the good?"

Hello Cactus,

I was vague in my previous post, but I can't write a novel here, so I put that out there as page one of the Introduction to introduce my thoughts into the conversation.  I tend to gravitate toward practicality,  In other words, why would something be useful to humanity, and again, would this thing cause more grief than good?  That being said, the human mind is not containable, but we must also keep ethics in mind.  Where do you draw the line when it comes to science's ethical bounboundarieso you believe that humanity should limit itself in regards to particular areas of discovery?  I do.  Do we not limit ourselves when it comes to social structures, for instance family?  There are certain boundaries in playing a part in the family structure, and if one ventures past those boundaries the results can be detrimental.  Breaking those ethical boundriesboundaries can lead to disrespect of elders, out of wed-lock interactions, incest, and abuse of all forms which then usually lead to the disintegration of that particular family.  If observed by others this can lead to a community-wide epidemic.  In regards to this topic, making things invisible: sure, at first the notion seems harmless.  Imagine all the horrible things that can be done by an invisible man.  He is free to rape, rob, murder potentially without being caught.  Now, let's take the evil an individual can do with this technology and multiply it by millions; this will give you an idea of all the ill deeds military forces around the world can carry out, without having to answer to anyone.  Look at the war between the West and the Middle East.  Does the US. care about the opinions of the You.N.?  We went to war even without full approval.  There are HUGE human rights being violated now, because some societies are geared towards violent tendencies.  People don't have the right control of their emotions to be handed such technology. 

***However*** in regards to this particular technology, the question is not whether anymore, it's when.

More precisely, when will Optical Camouflage or other Invisibility Technologies be perfected:

The University of Tokyo has made an Invisibility cloak (Please See Photo):  http://projects.star.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/projects/MEDIA/xv/oc.html

These guys are using a projector and a mirror to reflect an image that is behind someone onto their front, and the reflective material just reflects that image back to the observer.   Now, adding the concept of triangulation, (you know, like how GPS systems work with multiple satellites sending their signals to one receiver, allowing it to determine its position: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm ), we can deduct that by using small mirrors, projectors and reflective material at different angles we can project a complete 3D image thus making all sides of an object appear invisible.  Now Tokyo has only done the 2D aspect.

Are there any Nigerian labs working on such concepts that anyone knows of?  Cactus, I also love exploring these ideas, but like Bolex, I keep precaution ever present.