More progress towards cloaking device

Post by **Jedi Master Spock** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:01 pm

See here.

Hmm...

So if you had a working cloaking device, what would you do with it?

Nonamer · Post by **Nonamer** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:56 pm

Please note that this is only microwave cloaking, and pretty much only in 2D.

AnonymousRedShirtEnsign · Post by **AnonymousRedShirtEnsign** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:25 am

So it basically works by bending waves in a controlled manner? Further refinement would include the ability to bend all three types of waves.

I was wondering if the shape of the cloaked object mattered, because if it can only be spherical then its applications are more limited.

GStone · Post by **GStone** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:41 pm

It seems dependent upon the size of the material than its shape, so it should work when in any shape.

AnonymousRedShirtEnsign · Post by **AnonymousRedShirtEnsign** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:06 pm

So the military could use it for pretty much everything except firearms, cool. But if it is an artificial mirage then it isn't invisible, just distorted, like a Trek cloaking device.

Anyways, I would use it to cloak a nuclear missile and hold the world ransom for ... one million dollars!