China's First Military Invisibility Suit Arrives to Outperform the U.S.! Innovative Technology Combines Features of Chameleon, Glass Frog, and Bearded Dragon

China’s First Military Invisibility Suit Arrives to Outperform the U.S.! Innovative Technology Combines Features of Chameleon, Glass Frog, and Bearded Dragon

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 01/05/2024 at 19:22

Foto: revista Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Chinese Are Working on What Appears to Be the First Invisibility Suit Capable of Reproducing Animal Abilities. Meet the ‘Invisibility Cloak’ That Looks Like It Came Out of Science Fiction Movies.

Combining characteristics of chameleons, glass frogs, and bearded dragons, Chinese researchers created the Chimera metasurface, nicknamed the invisibility suit. This ‘invisibility cloak’ is undetectable to visible light, microwaves, and infrared rays. Applications range from nature observation to combat.

Learn How the Chinese Invisibility Suit Works

In a study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a scientific team from Jilin and Tsinghua universities in China proposed the development of a hybrid material as the basis for a future invisibility cloak.

The military invisibility suit called Chimera draws its main inspiration from the abilities of three cold-blooded animals: the chameleon, the glass frog, and the bearded dragon, overcoming the limitations of existing camouflage by adapting to different spectral conditions and terrains.

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Scientists Weigh In on the New Military Invisibility Suit Technology

According to the study’s authors, their work on the ‘invisibility cloak’ takes camouflage technologies from a limited scenario to constantly changing terrains and constitutes a significant advance toward next-generation reconfigurable electromagnetics.

The lead author, Xu Zhaohua from Jilin University, emphasizes that it is fascinating that configurations of the invisibility suit suitable for all five terrains (desert, frozen ground, aquatic surface, meadow, and sandbanks) can be found across the entire frequency range of interest.

Invisibility is gradually moving from being an absurdity of myth and science fiction to capturing the attention of different researchers in recent times. In October of last year, physicist Chu Junhao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences presented at an event in Shanghai a lenticular grid that creates the illusion of invisibility.

The invisibility cloak consists of rows of mini convex lenses that refract light. Depending on the angle, images parallel to them are subdivided and narrowed, revealing the objects behind them. Chu predicts various uses for this technology, from invisible rooms for increased privacy to ultradiscreet hearing devices.

Is the Military Invisibility Suit Already Available on the Market?

Beyond this Chinese initiative, the company Invisibility Shield Co has developed an invisibility cloak and is selling it on Kickstarter, a crowdfunding site. Based in London, the company launched the second generation of its device, which can cost over R$ 1,600.

The new version of the invisibility suit promises to be lightweight and portable, fitting in a carry bag. Its success was so great that in the crowdfunding, where the initial goal was to raise 10,000 euros (approximately R$ 55,000), contributions exceeded 86,000 euros (around R$ 470,000) from over 350 participants.

China’s First Military Invisibility Suit Arrives to Outperform the U.S.! Innovative Technology Combines Features of Chameleon, Glass Frog, and Bearded Dragon

Chinese Are Working on What Appears to Be the First Invisibility Suit Capable of Reproducing Animal Abilities. Meet the ‘Invisibility Cloak’ That Looks Like It Came Out of Science Fiction Movies.

Learn How the Chinese Invisibility Suit Works

Scientists Weigh In on the New Military Invisibility Suit Technology

Is the Military Invisibility Suit Already Available on the Market?

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China’s First Military Invisibility Suit Arrives to Outperform the U.S.! Innovative Technology Combines Features of Chameleon, Glass Frog, and Bearded Dragon

Chinese Are Working on What Appears to Be the First Invisibility Suit Capable of Reproducing Animal Abilities. Meet the ‘Invisibility Cloak’ That Looks Like It Came Out of Science Fiction Movies.

Learn How the Chinese Invisibility Suit Works

Scientists Weigh In on the New Military Invisibility Suit Technology

Is the Military Invisibility Suit Already Available on the Market?

The Soviet Union spent 22 years drilling into the Earth’s crust and reached a depth of 12,262 meters — they found water where it was thought impossible, hydrogen bubbling from the rock, granite that is 2.7 billion years old, and temperatures of 180 degrees that melted the drill bits.

Egypt wants to draw 10 million cubic meters of water from the Nile per day into the desert, irrigate a new agricultural frontier, and build a city where there is currently only sand.

Norway is drilling 27 kilometers of rock 392 meters below the bottom of a fjord to build the world’s largest and deepest underwater road tunnel — when completed, a 21-hour journey will be reduced to 10.

A German architect built a cylindrical house in 1994 that rotates to follow the sun throughout the day, generates 5 times more energy than it consumes, and was the world’s first energy-positive house.

An astronaut spent 340 days in space while his twin brother stayed on Earth, and NASA found a “rejuvenating” effect, genes, microbiome, cognition, and immune system that revealed the biological cost of living outside the planet.

Chinese engineers begin filling a 217-meter dam at an altitude of 3,000 meters and prepare a 2,240 MW hydroelectric power plant to integrate hydropower, solar, and wind energy in the upper Jinsha.

The world’s most powerful telescope was switched on in Chile and may finally solve the mystery of the ninth planet that scientists believe has been hidden in the Solar System for billions of years.

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