Comments on: Cloak of invisibility about to be uncloaked

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:16:20 +0000

…or a suit covering everything but the eyes would still be useful. Sure, you cant stand in the ladies change room, but 99% invisibility would still be better than the camouflage that soldiers use now…

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:35:13 +0000

Well, if it only blocked a specific part of the spectrum, and allowed others in, you could conceivably use those others (infrared for instance) to view the environment. I believe that is what the predator did in the predator films.

By: Rekrul

Rekrul — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:42:43 +0000

Of course, if it were used to bend light around a person or vehicle, the people inside it would be blind to the outside world, since the light would go around them, rather than into their eyes. This is the same mistake every movie about invisibility makes; If a person becomes truly invisible, it means that the lighyt is passing straight throuh their eyes (or around them) rather that being focused by them and they’d be blind.