http://www.nasatech.com/Briefs//Aug00/NPO20706.html

 

Cool!

Although tanks still produce heat, heat is IR energy/lightwaves.

I'm not sure how those adaptive panels would do against something like this:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ac-130.htm

Of interest: "...infrared detection set (IDS) and strike radar..."

 

omg! things i can do in my school girl's locker room!

 

My thoughts exactly. Harry Potter's father's cloak, here we come!

 

I am pretty sure we discussed such a system during recess in third grade. I think the reason we discarded it was because no matter how good your screen and cameras, if the vieiwer was mobile, or there were more than one looking from different angles, it is useless. A whole lot of equipment to haul around and set up just slows you down and makes it more obvious what you are doing. I cannot think of a single scenario where a force that is actually paying attention and conducting patrols of an area would be fooled for a minute by a couple of plasma screens and the soundtrack to Star Wars.

Also, if the entire surface is covered with a big movie screen, wouldn't the enemy spot you on movie night?

 

Taht would be cool to use on the S2K when a cop is trying to give you a ticket. Unfrotunately, with the 9K redline, I'm sure they'd still hear you.

 

talk about stealth mode.

I get to decide where to put the button!