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Jump to navigation"Your eyes can deceive you... DON'T trust them."
- Obi Wan Kenobi
I am sensing a new trend. The trend of stealth. The action of invisibility.
Susumu Tachi leads the pack. While his Japan based Tachi Labs is also pioneering sci-fi concepts like the Telexistence Master-Slave System, the Smart Finger and the Tactile Communication System, the prize for "coolest shit ever" has to go their Optical Camouflage.
Using Star Trek terms like "retro-reflective material" and "computer" these guys are making things vanish. Watch this and tell me you don't poop your pants: Breakin' 2: Invisible Bugaloo
For now it requires a large set up involving cameras, projectors and computers to make it work.
Just 5 years ago I had a cell phone that weighed 60 pounds. That means that within the decade SUVs will have their interiors made from this stuff so people can actually see out the back and stop running over kids on big wheels. It also means that you'll never see the CIA hit squads coming for you.
It's all so ninja.
You can't speak on invisibility and not mention Ninjas. ALSO invented by the Japanese, there are 3 simple facts to know about Ninjas:
1. Ninjas are mammals
2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.
Source: The Official Ninja Homepage
You wouldn't think Sweden would have anything in common with ninjas, but they do. They happen to be leading the development race of the Stealth battleship.
It runs on TOP of the water, carries enough missiles to flatten any middle eastern city and is virtually invisible to radar until it's within 30 km of you. Keep in mind the range of previously mentioned missiles is at least 5x that.
The US Military is of course developing its own stealth ship that should enter service in 2011. It's giving the Defense Department a hard on because it is cheaper to make, since it's carbon and not steel, and easier to man, since it's crew size is 200 men less than current battleships. AND, no doubt it can easily land a squad of Marines in Inviso-Cloaks to finish off what the missiles missed.
Video game concept for 2016: Ninja vs. InvisoMarine.
Sometimes invisibility is actually an effect of just not being obvious. Take for example The Invisible Library. A collection of books, that only exist inside other books. Staggering to imagine that some how inside a novel like The World According to Garp there are a handfull of other novels that have their own words. How can something be bigger on the inside, than the outside?
And that leads us to obfuscation and redirection. Sometimes things can be rendered invisible simply because we are distracted. Take for example, wrestling superstar John Cena. He is a master in the art of distraction. During his matches he often employes his catch phrase, "You can't SEE me," during which time he waves his hand in front of his face. Distracted, his opponents miss the kick to the gut, and the scoop up to his shoulders. Then he delivers his finisher, the "F-U" and the match, my friends, is over.
Advantage: Invisibility
I am sensing a new trend. The trend of stealth. The action of invisibility.
Susumu Tachi leads the pack. While his Japan based Tachi Labs is also pioneering sci-fi concepts like the Telexistence Master-Slave System, the Smart Finger and the Tactile Communication System, the prize for "coolest shit ever" has to go their Optical Camouflage.
Using Star Trek terms like "retro-reflective material" and "computer" these guys are making things vanish. Watch this and tell me you don't poop your pants: Breakin' 2: Invisible Bugaloo
For now it requires a large set up involving cameras, projectors and computers to make it work.
Just 5 years ago I had a cell phone that weighed 60 pounds. That means that within the decade SUVs will have their interiors made from this stuff so people can actually see out the back and stop running over kids on big wheels. It also means that you'll never see the CIA hit squads coming for you.
It's all so ninja.
You can't speak on invisibility and not mention Ninjas. ALSO invented by the Japanese, there are 3 simple facts to know about Ninjas:
1. Ninjas are mammals
2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.
3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.
Source: The Official Ninja Homepage
You wouldn't think Sweden would have anything in common with ninjas, but they do. They happen to be leading the development race of the Stealth battleship.
It runs on TOP of the water, carries enough missiles to flatten any middle eastern city and is virtually invisible to radar until it's within 30 km of you. Keep in mind the range of previously mentioned missiles is at least 5x that.
The US Military is of course developing its own stealth ship that should enter service in 2011. It's giving the Defense Department a hard on because it is cheaper to make, since it's carbon and not steel, and easier to man, since it's crew size is 200 men less than current battleships. AND, no doubt it can easily land a squad of Marines in Inviso-Cloaks to finish off what the missiles missed.
Video game concept for 2016: Ninja vs. InvisoMarine.
Sometimes invisibility is actually an effect of just not being obvious. Take for example The Invisible Library. A collection of books, that only exist inside other books. Staggering to imagine that some how inside a novel like The World According to Garp there are a handfull of other novels that have their own words. How can something be bigger on the inside, than the outside?
And that leads us to obfuscation and redirection. Sometimes things can be rendered invisible simply because we are distracted. Take for example, wrestling superstar John Cena. He is a master in the art of distraction. During his matches he often employes his catch phrase, "You can't SEE me," during which time he waves his hand in front of his face. Distracted, his opponents miss the kick to the gut, and the scoop up to his shoulders. Then he delivers his finisher, the "F-U" and the match, my friends, is over.
Advantage: Invisibility
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