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Space Forum / Astronomy / May 2005The Invisible Man
Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays? > Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays? Yes. See last month's message on sci.math: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.math/msg/776cdeaf24782d51 and http://www.h33.dk/usynlig_index.en.html Dirk Vdm > Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays? Can you see water? You must remove optical absorption, reflection, and distortion. There are seven primary optical aberrations. Why don't you start by listing them so 1) you know what to avoid, and 2) you don't represent yourself in public as a complete jackass. Cf: mimetic camouflage.  SignatureUncle Al http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/ (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals) http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf > > Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 1) you know what to avoid, and > 2) you don't represent yourself in public as a complete jackass. I'll leave that to you, Uncle! Though certainly not an INVISIBLE one. > Cf: mimetic camouflage. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals) > http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf > Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays? Ok, here's something to ponder: If you could somehow become totally invisible to others your eyes would also be transparent, incapable of refracting and capturing light and therefore you would be totally blind. Just another aspect overlooked by Hollywood. Sincerely, John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail: wood@itd.nrl.navy.mil Naval Research Laboratory 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20375-5337 > > Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays? > > Ok, here's something to ponder: If you could somehow become totally > invisible to others your eyes would also be transparent, incapable of > refracting and capturing light and therefore you would be totally blind. > Just another aspect overlooked by Hollywood. Sincerely, My thoughts precisely. Did you ever see "Hollow Man"? It was released a few years ago, and is basically The Invisible Man with Kevin Bacon and much use of the word 'quantum'. The story makes quite a deal of the fact that the invisible man's eyelids are transparent, and so he cannot effectively close his eyes. They missed a step. -Mark Martin Mark Martin schrieb: > > In article <1115122134.512373.191940@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>, > "Too [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > -Mark Martin I had a hollow website earlier, but it dealt with the Star Trek episode "For the World Is Hollow, and I have Touched the Sky", and suchlike philosophical profundity. MIT recently landed a mega-grant from the army, to develop cloaking uniforms. This problem can be easily fixed with an amplifier and a splitter. >> Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW > Washington, DC 20375-5337 |
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