Scientists Create Invisible Cloak

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  1. bbwSwish

    bbwSwish Harder. Better. Faster. Stronger.

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    Yeah that's really true shape. The positives don't outweigh the negatives.

    And yeah, hoverboards would kick ass. [​IMG]
     
  2. Krstic

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    i always had a picture of the future in my mind with hovercars and stuff like that


    maybe it will come true
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">This technology is stupid and useless. Why can't they spend time and research on inventing every day jetpacks instead?

    Or how about the hoverboard from Back to the Future?</div>
    How about ice cream gloves?
    <div class="quote_poster">I-Miss-MJ Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">geez man, don't you remember? Hoverboards dont work on water.

    Suddenly Metal Gear Solid is looking more realistic.</div>
    lol is there a reason hoverboards don't work on water? (I'm guessing Michael J Fox tries it?)
    <div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">So having hidden weapons is useful?

    Think of the downside of this technology, it's scary.

    - Perverts walking around playrounds with invisible cloaks
    - Bank robbers with invisible cloaks
    - Terrorists with invisible cloaks

    Creating more technology to benefit war is useless. It just creates the urge to use it.</div>
    Yea I agree, if invisible cloaks ever get commercialized I see far more benefits for mischevious purposes than productive purposes lol.
     
  4. I-Miss-MJ

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    I highly doubt they would be commercialised.
     
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    The only solution would be to make an invisible house.
     
  6. I-Miss-MJ

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    I can just imagine some poor person just walking and suddenly falls down after hitting an invisible house.
     
  7. Chutney

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    ...or trying to find the invisible set of keys for his invisible house.
     
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    Invisible or transparent? I'll go with the latter. You can see through the material, but you can still tell it exists. Useless technology...
     
  9. I-Miss-MJ

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    Hold it still and you wouldnt know it was there.
     
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    I don't think it's useless.

    Also, I highly doubt this would be commercialized, and if so, it's going to cost a lot of $$$. There is a motorcylce snowmobile about to go on the market for about 1.5 mil I think it is, this is going to cost a hell of a lot more than that. Only people with $$$$ will be able to afford this, and that isn't your everyday pervert.
     
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    Thing is once it has been out for a while the price will go down, like everything else in this world.

    Now whether the price is compared to a brand new care or a PS3 is another matter.
     
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    This thread has me laughing, with it of course not at you guys. I can imagine walking through my town with one of those invisble jackets that would freak everyone out. I think that video may have been edited???
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">bronbron23 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">This thread has me laughing, with it of course not at you guys. I can imagine walking through my town with one of those invisble jackets that would freak everyone out. I think that video may have been edited???</div>
    HowStuffWorks Article
    Well I think if Howstuffworks did an article on invisibility cloaks its not fake.

    Anyway, I agree with IMissMJ that at first it probably will be quite expensive since the technology is new, but eventually its price will decline as it becomes easier to produce and more companies can produce it.
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">I-Miss-MJ Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">geez man, don't you remember? Hoverboards dont work on water.</div>
    "Hey McFly, you bozo! Those boards don't work on water."... "unless you have power!"

    How can someone forget such a scene!
     
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    *sigh* The classics are being ruined.
     

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