Can invisibilty be possible in the future?

Question

Tommorow, can we walk around and not be seen?

Answer 1

i had seen quite a few ,however it's very cool this demonstration of optical camouflage technology,(aka; adaptive camouflage, active camouflage, chameleonic camouflage, and cloaking technology)  ,check the link

Answer 2

In the future you won't be here, so you won't be walking around.  You are not here with me having a cup of coffee, and I know you are not at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.  If you are not there you must be somewhere else. And if you are somewhere else how can you be where you are at?

Answer 3

I am sure there are ways of making yourself harder to see I dont think that it is impossible to really be invisible all of the way. But who knows

there may be an invention that can make you invisible, but I can tell you that it wont happen tomorrow

Answer 4

Yes, to a certain extent.

Here is a summary.

The University of Pennsylvania suggested that a 'shield' can make objects disappear by reducing the light scattered from them." Attempts have been made in the past, but have never been successfully executed.

They rely on plasmons, ripples in the oceans of electrons at the surface of every object, to achieve their effect. If made to oscillate at the correct frequency, the energy from the light is harvested by the plasmon and converted back to light, cancelling the light scattered by the object and rendering it 'nearly invisible to an observer.'

Answer 5

yep - start reading what is new in science and you will see that more than being invisible is at the cuspid of modern science.

Answer 6

I don't know about that; but give a kid 20 bucks at the mall and you can watch them disappear.

Answer 7

I think it would be easier to fool the people than really disappear

Answer 8

Yes!

Read the April 2007 edition of Scientific American the cover story of which is:

The Dazzling Future of PLASMONICS

The March 2007 issue also has quite a good article explaining what plasmons are and how they can simulate photons (only in 2, instead of 3, dimensions) and hug to the surfaces of so-called meta-materials rendering them invisible, as the light passes around them rather than reflecting from them or otherwise interacting with them.

There's a catch, though. Plasmons can only travel about 200mm. It's fascinating!!!

Answer 9

Yes, I think many scientists are working on this project for the military. Uniform that makes soldiers invisible in the works. (click first link)

Answer 10

YES. THE HUMAN MIND AND IT'S ABILITY TO SOLVE THESE KIND OF THINGS  IS AMAZING. THANKS  TO GOD OR MOTHER NATURE ; WHICH EVER POWER ONE BELIEVES IN. OR BOTH !

Answer 11

the known invisibility is the magnetic field

Answer 12

Yes

Answer 13

True "invisibility" may be some ways off, but there is a jacket made by Tachi Laboratory of University of Tokyo that makes something called an "invisibility cloak" that works by sensing light on the one side and projecting it on the other.

Answer 14

No reason why not.  There have recently been some interesting papers on the subject in the mainstream journals.   It already exists - after all, isn't glass invisible? Bending light rays is something we do everyday (know anyone who wears glasses?).  There is no theoretical reason someone couldn't find a way to bend light rays around physical objects so they wouldn't be seen.  So far however, a good, practical method has not been found.   But who knows?

Answer 15

Hope so, as long as I'm the onnly one that can use it.

Answer 16

Well, I must be invisible judging by how many people walk into me, even when they are looking straight at me!!! It especially seems to happen in grocery stores, I have the wheel marks from the grocery carts that get shoved into me.

Just wish I could be invisible when I want to be!

Answer 17

it requires magical words with spell of invincibility.

Answer 18

if there was any coat or blanket that reflected all light then it would be called a wearable mirror!!

Answer 19

That would be the end of civilization as we know...I mean, imagine you could go somewhere unseen, and commit a crime...To many people would be tempted to do so; they would be stealing in the shops, killing others without possibility to be recognized...It would be the end ! Fortunately it doesn't seem

to be an option, not in near future...

Answer 20

Absolutely! Maybe not tomorrow, but I can tell you from a purely scientific standpoint that scientists are already discovering materials that can actually bend light so you see whatever is behind an object. Due to current limitations, so far we can only cloak thigns from microwaves and such but invisibility can;t be too far off. There are some problems, of course... like how no light reaches your eyes so you can't see anything. Or how bulky it would be to carry such a thing around (the materials can be very large and heavy sometimes, and also stiff and rigid, not like fabric). So we have a ways to go but it will come.

Answer 21

Certainly- either by the light bending methods mentioned by previous responders or by causing people to look in a direction away from the thing you want to be invisible (techniques similar to ninja methods).

Answer 22

Well I can't see you right now, does that mean your invisible.

Who knows, 'they' waste time discovering ways to do stupid things instead of finding cures for diseases. Anythings possible.

Answer 23

To be honest I cant see it happening.

Answer 24

it could be possible....

Answer 25

Yes but we are still very far off from total invisibility. There have been strides made in materials that make small particles disappear from view. But research is still on going.

Answer 26

yes there is a coat wich reflects the light rays and these canot be seen

Answer 27

Most likely if you're a ghost. Good luck with that though. My grandfather used to say that children are better seen than heard. There are stories from various sources of people who can do this throughout history. I believe the American Indians is one. There is a book written by Budd Hopkins called Sight Unseen. Typically this was supposedly some technology of extraterrestrials.

Answer 28

There are already jackets like the one made by Tachi Laboratory at the University of Tokyo.  Somewhat like the "Predator" movies, but still not completely invisible.

Answer 29

i cant see that happening

Answer 30

It's been done...

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/...

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/ap...