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Canadian Camouflage Company Claims to Have Created Perfect Invisibility Cloak

Posted December 15, 2012 4:02 PM

From ExtremeTech:

A Canadian company called Hyperstealth is reporting that it has developed Quantum Stealth, a material that renders the target "completely invisible by bending light waves around the target." If the mock-up photos are to be believed, Quantum Stealth basically works like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. Since 2002, Hyperstealth has been in the business of designing camouflage patterns for military uniforms, vehicles, and installations. In 2010, at the International Camouflage Symposium, Hyperstealth's CEO Guy Cramer demonstrated SmartCamo - a material that could reportedly adjust its camouflage markings to match its surroundings. We say "reportedly" because Cramer apparently published a video demonstration of SmartCamo, but then US military intervened and asked him to take it down. Presumably Quantum Stealth is a follow-up from SmartCamo. Again, for security reasons, Cramer is saying very little about Quantum Stealth. All of the pictures that you see here, and on Hyperstealth's site, are mock-ups, because "for security issues we can not show the actual technology." Cramer says that both the US and Canadian military have seen Quantum Stealth in action, and that they've also confirmed that the material obscures the target from infrared (thermal) imaging. Below, you can see Cramer talking to CNN's Pentagon correspondent about Quantum Stealth.

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Re: Canadian Camouflage Company Claims to Have Created Perfect Invisibility Cloak

12/21/2012 11:06 AM

Judging by the photos........... they need a little more work on perspective.

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