New Technology to Make Tanks Invisible

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In just five years the British Army could boast invisible tanks.

The new technology makes use of complex electronic sensors that project the surroundings, thus merging the tank with the environment and making it almost impossible to spot.

It is worth mentioning that the invisible tank is the project of the BAE's Future Protected Vehicle Program. The latter will be implemented in 7 manned and unmanned vehicles.

The list of the vehicles includes:



- Pointer (an agile robot);


- Bearer (a modular platform);


- Wraith (low signature scout vehicle);


- Safeguard (an ultra-utility infantry carrier);


- Charger (a lethal and survivable attack vehicle);



- Raider (a remotely or autonomously controlled skirmishing platform);


- Atlas (convoy system).

But the project will not only focus on invisible tanks, it is also expected to facilitate the implementation of new technologies, including fuel reduction technology, tougher bulletproof glass, biometric integration and more.


Also


BAE Systems has presented the fruits of its Future Protected Vehicle program (FPV) to the U.K. Ministry of Defence

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What follows is a collection of excerpts and source documentation for the curious mammal looking at DIY invisibility suit projects. Although there are doubtless several parallel "classified" research programs exploring optical camouflage, a great of innovation has been going on in the public domain -- and you can reap that harvest, dear reader. Anyone can keep up with DARPA, you just need to be dedicated.

Start at Taichi Labs excellent website.

The most intriguing prototypes of optical camouflage yet have been created by the Tachi Lab at the University of Tokyo, under the supervision of professors Susumu Tachi, Masahiko Inami and Naoki Kawakami. Their prototype uses an external camera placed behind the cloaked object to record a scene, which it then transmits to a computer for image processing. The computer feeds the image into an external projector which projects the image onto a person wearing a special retroreflective coat. This can lead to different results depending on the quality of the camera, the projector, and the coat, but by the late nineties, convincing illusions were created. The downside is the large amount of external hardware required, along with the fact that the illusion is only convincing when viewed from a certain angle.

Creating complete optical camouflage across the visible light spectrum would require a coating or suit covered in tiny cameras and projectors, programmed to gather visual data from a multitude of different angles and project the gathered images outwards in an equally large number of different directions to give the illusion of invisibility from all angles. For a surface subject to bending like a flexible suit, a massive amount of computing power and embedded sensors would be necessary to continuously project the correct images in all directions. This would almost certainly require sophisticated nanotechnology, as our computers, projectors, and cameras are not yet miniaturized enough to meet these conditions."

Optical Camouflage

Abstract. This paper reviews how the original telexistence (tele-existence) technology has been developed, and describes a newly developed method of mutual telexistence using projection technology onto retro-reflective objects dubbed RPT (Retro-reflective Projection Technology). Telexistence is fundamentally a concept named for the general technology that enables a human being to have a real-time sensation of being at a place other than where he or she actually exists, and being able to interact with the remote environment, which may be real, virtual, or a combination of both. It also refers to an advanced type of teleoperation system that enables an operator at the control to perform remote tasks dexterously with the feeling of existing in a surrogate robot working in a remote environment. Telexistence in the real environment through a virtual environment is also possible. Although conventional telexistence systems provide an operator the real-time sensation of being in a remote environment, persons in the remote environment have only a feeling that a surrogate robot is presented, not the operator. Mutual telexistence aims to solve this problem so that the existence of the operator is apparent to persons in the remote environment by providing mutual sensations of presence. This has become possible by the use of RPT.



Masamune Shirow's manga series, animated movies and current TV series 'Ghost in the Shell' show characters using a type of camouflage that makes the wearer nearly invisible. (The movie 'Predator' and the last James Bond film also show variations of this idea.) The basic principle is a refinement of the World War II vehicle cloaking technology that was pioneered by the United States (and possibly Britain). The early experimental trucks would measure the value of light on one side of the vehicle and reproduce the intensity on the other side using a grid of lights, at a distance the vehicles would blend into the horizon. The practicality of armored vehicles covered in light bulbs deterred any sort of real use for the technology.


In recent times there have been rumors and rumblings about American experimental stealth aircraft that possess a more advanced variant of the optical camouflage, utilizing an advanced fiber optic skin to produce a similar effect. Whether or not this is factual remains unknown at this time.

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A couple of days ago a story broke about a real, rudimentary form of personal optical camouflage being shown by a researcher at Tokyo University. While it is quite dependent on the exact viewpoint of the observer, it is a pretty amazing acomplishment...



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[tokidoki_v2.0]

looks a lot like units from an RTS game.

[floydjohn89]

choya oi..kuyawa na sa kalibutan..hehe

[Deadstring67]

nindot kaayo og madayon na ila plano nga Future Protected Vehicle program.
naa tanan... cloak tank, anti infantry, anti tank, anti aircraft,guided missile etc..
naa pa jd ni support nga aircraft og spyplane.

nindot sad ila formation. luoy lang ang mo ambush or mo atake.

pwede kaau pang offensive og defensive attack...
kong sa army/human pa kay special unit/force. naay sniper,grenadier, radioman, etc

[CocoCrunch]

i saw this in natl geographic. lisod japon ni kay kelangan og simultaneous camera taking.
sa tv/PC japon nimo tan.awn ang image not directly looking at the image with your eyes.

[Deadstring67]

mao sad bro. pero im sure hapit na nila ma complete. or basin nag exist nana cya.
basin tinood ni ang video TOP SECRET Stealth INVISIBILITY Suit - Caught On Tape - YouTube

[street_of_no_return]

grabeha ani oe. mismatch gyd kaau kung tao ang mo dam.ag ani.

madugay lageh 2020+ guro puro na robot ang maggubat.

[Deadstring67]

actually ga exist na ang pang gabii bro... tan awa sad ni

https://www.istorya.net/forums/scienc...echnology.html

[KlaytoN]

mao ni kadtong Mirage Tank sa Red Alert..