The prototype 'ghost cloak' created by the team. It can distort light and make a ghost device, in the upper picture, appear as something else
The 'Ghost Cape' That Could Make Fighter Jets Look Like Passenger Planes -- Daily Mail
* Groundbreaking technology can make an object appear to be something else
* Technology could be used to make a jet fighter appear to be a passenger plane, or a soldier appear to be a tree
* Researchers say the technique is far simpler than current 'cloaking' devices
Chinese researchers have revealed a 'ghost cape' that can make one object appear to look like another.
The team from Southeast University in Nanjing, China say their technique is far simpler that other invisibility devices, because instead of making an object disappear entirely, it makes it look like something else.
The technique scatters incoming light to create two 'ghost' images either side of the cloaked object.
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My Comment: Until I see Chinese fighter jets looking like passenger jets .... I am deeply skeptical of this report.
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Shame that ground-breaking technology is often used for military applications these days...
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