Found in a resume online....

[Dr Mordrid]

During a search I found this in a resume;

AWARDS

NASA Technical Award: April, 2000 “Adaptive Camouflage” (Renders vehicles invisible, permits shape shifting.)

CLEARANCE

Current - Top Secret with Special Intelligence access

Guess he didn't read the part about being careful when detailing his awards

Related quote from a defense related university site;

Visual and Infrared Detection

.... Camouflage technologies exist that can significantly reduce visual and IR detection ranges. These include passive paints and coatings and smart chameleon coatings that adapt to the background environment. These technologies have been proven for both air and land based applications ....

From other things I'm reading it looks like there is a fabric that does the same thing.

Talk about the element of suprise....

Dr. Mordrid

[SpiralDragon]

somtimes i wish i had a coate that made me invisible... what is the comercial status on that stuff

[Dogbert]

And have people step on your toes and run into you all the time cause they can't see you ?
I wouldn't want to cross the street at any time with such clothes

[SpiralDragon]

I WOULD ...... any way the way i cross the street now aint any better then if i where to be invisible...

[SpiralDragon]

PS no i am not a mazochist... just extreeeeeemly absent minded

[Dogbert]

Well, there is a point in what you're sying, at least the drivers won't have a target to accelerate into

[SpiralDragon]

lol.... people actualy do that here when they see someone crossing the street... they just cant stand the fact that a person on foot will get the priority over them with cars...

[Dr Mordrid]

Adaptive camo would be a bit of fun, esp. for HS boys who wanted to sneak into the girls shower....at least 'til it got wet

Problem is that as it gets closer they say it looks like there is a heat wave approaching. It would still be a pretty major advantage for infiltration units & such.

Can you imagine having an electric armored vehicle with adaptive camo? Don't laugh. I ran into a reference in a public DARPA document about just such a thing....

Dr. Mordrid

[Drizzt]

All bullshits, for me...

[Dr Mordrid]

Don't think its bullshit. The documents I found are either government (DARPA = Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency & law enforcement), public Senate and House defense commitee reports or universities affiliated with military research.

Dr. Mordrid

[Ribbit]

I used to work with someone who claimed to have worked on something which sounds like this...

Ghost in the Shell, anyone?

[Dr Mordrid]

Yup....but don't forget the movie Predator when it comes to adaptive camo. It was made first.

Dr. Mordrid

[Greebe]

Actually that special effect in the movie Predator was what promted the military to R&D such technologies.

[ZokesPro]

Hehe, you wear the suit and drive yur car ina big crowd and scare the crap out of everybody!

It would make for a wicked holloween costume!

[Ribbit]

Hehe, Zokes always has the best ideas.