Tanks test infra-red invisibility cloak

[Bosonic]

Tanks could soon get night time invisibility thanks to a cloaking device that masks their infra-red signature.

Developed by BAE Systems, the Adaptiv technology allows vehicles to mimic the temperature of their surroundings.

It can also make a tank look like other objects, such as a cow or car, when seen through heat-sensitive 'scopes.

Researchers are looking at ways to make it work with other wavelengths of light to confer true invisibility.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14788009

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. There's an interesting notion -

a 'cloak' that masks the infrared signature of the vehicle, except for a deliberately uncloaked patch the size and shape of a cow, so that through a scope all you see is the 'cow'.

Camouflage for after dark.

[Astrad]

2. We'll finally have the upper hand against Al Qaeda's Tanks! n/t

[Orrex]

4. They'll still get us with their Predator drones

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Anything, absolutely anything as long as it involves "security" against what I don't know. nt