Scientists have created a material so dark that it can't be processed by the human eye

[Guest]

Believe it or not, this invention is very close to invisibility... make a suit out of it, get out at night, and no one would be able to see you. Cover an airplane with it, and you be unable to look at it and see it to aim at it. Cover satellite, and you'll be unable to pinpoint its exact location even looking at it with a telescope. Land a spaceship on the surface of the moon, never to see it from any distance except by radio waves that would reflect from it... that material is very close to invisibility; put that between you and the sun... it gets fully invisible. The more light is focus on it, the less visible it is. If at night, it is fully invisible.

 

[mailpup]

If it absorbs visible light, doesn't that mean it will get warm and then it will have an infrared signature? Just as objects painted black get warmer than objects painted white, night vision optics should see it just fine or am I missing something?

 

[cliffordcooley]

If it absorbs visible light, doesn't that mean it will get warm and then it will have an infrared signature? Just as objects painted black get warmer than objects painted white, night vision optics should see it just fine or am I missing something?

I had a similar question about radar or other tracking methods.

 

[captaincranky]

This aint nothin...Years ago a material was made that was darker than this. It was referred to as my ex-wife's heart.

And here I thought it was my ex-girlfriend's leg hair.

 

[Darkshadoe]

And here I thought it was my ex-girlfriend's leg hair.

I hope we aren't talking about the same woman.

 

[Guest]

The question is, how long until I can get a car painted in this material?

 

[cliffordcooley]

The question is, how long until I can get a car painted in this material?

The question is; how much your Insurance would increase, if your car was painted with this material?