The Invisible Man

Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays?

"Too Many Kooks Spoil the Brothel" wrote in message
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Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays?

Yes. See last month's message on sci.math:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...6cdeaf24782d51
and
http://www.h33.dk/usynlig_index.en.html

Dirk Vdm

Too Many Kooks Spoil the Brothel wrote:

Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays?

Can you see water? You must remove optical absorption, reflection,
and distortion. There are seven primary optical aberrations. Why
don't you start by listing them so

1) you know what to avoid, and
2) you don't represent yourself in public as a complete jackass.

Cf: mimetic camouflage.

--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf

In article .com, "Too
Many Kooks Spoil the Brothel" wrote:

Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays?

Ok, here's something to ponder: If you could somehow become totally
invisible to others your eyes would also be transparent, incapable of
refracting and capturing light and therefore you would be totally blind.
Just another aspect overlooked by Hollywood. Sincerely,

John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail:
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337

J. B. Wood wrote:
In article .com,
"Too
Many Kooks Spoil the Brothel" wrote:

Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays?

Ok, here's something to ponder: If you could somehow become totally
invisible to others your eyes would also be transparent, incapable of
refracting and capturing light and therefore you would be totally
blind.
Just another aspect overlooked by Hollywood. Sincerely,

My thoughts precisely. Did you ever see "Hollow Man"? It was
released a few years ago, and is basically The Invisible Man with Kevin
Bacon and much use of the word 'quantum'.

The story makes quite a deal of the fact that the invisible man's
eyelids are transparent, and so he cannot effectively close his eyes.
They missed a step.

-Mark Martin

Uncle Al wrote:
Too Many Kooks Spoil the Brothel wrote:

Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays?

Can you see water? You must remove optical absorption, reflection,
and distortion. There are seven primary optical aberrations. Why
don't you start by listing them so

1) you know what to avoid, and
2) you don't represent yourself in public as a complete jackass.

I'll leave that to you, Uncle!

Though certainly not an INVISIBLE one.


Cf: mimetic camouflage.

--
Uncle Al
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/
(Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals)
http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz.pdf

Mark Martin schrieb:
J. B. Wood wrote:
In article .com,
"Too
Many Kooks Spoil the Brothel" wrote:

Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays?

Ok, here's something to ponder: If you could somehow become totally
invisible to others your eyes would also be transparent, incapable
of
refracting and capturing light and therefore you would be totally
blind.
Just another aspect overlooked by Hollywood. Sincerely,

My thoughts precisely. Did you ever see "Hollow Man"? It was
released a few years ago, and is basically The Invisible Man with
Kevin
Bacon and much use of the word 'quantum'.

The story makes quite a deal of the fact that the invisible man's
eyelids are transparent, and so he cannot effectively close his eyes.
They missed a step.

-Mark Martin

I had a hollow website earlier, but it dealt with the Star Trek episode
"For the World Is Hollow, and I have Touched the Sky", and suchlike
philosophical profundity.

MIT recently landed a mega-grant from the army, to develop cloaking
uniforms. This problem can be easily fixed with an amplifier and a
splitter.


(J. B. Wood) wrote in
:

In article .com,
"Too Many Kooks Spoil the Brothel" wrote:

Is this possible by selective bending of light-rays?

Ok, here's something to ponder: If you could somehow become totally
invisible to others your eyes would also be transparent, incapable of
refracting and capturing light and therefore you would be totally
blind. Just another aspect overlooked by Hollywood. Sincerely,

John Wood (Code 5550) e-mail:
Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20375-5337