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Beam of darkness makes objects invisible from a distance
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| December 16, 2013
| Olivia Solon
Posted on 12/16/2013 12:31:37 PM PST by listenhillary
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Obama asks his handlers if they can buy the patent.
To: listenhillary
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posted on
12/16/2013 12:34:20 PM PST
by
bunkerhill7
("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
To: listenhillary
A research team from the University of Singapore has developed a device that can make objects invisible by bathing them in a beam of darkness.
Not much military use when the enemy has flashlights.........
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posted on
12/16/2013 12:37:03 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Miss Muffit suffered from arachnophobia.....)
To: listenhillary
Sounds something like “nulling”. Astronomers have been using the technique for a long time.
“A nuller is a tool used to block out a strong source so that fainter signals near the source can be observed. An example of a nuller is being employed on the Keck Interferometer. This causes the light from a star to destructively interfere, effectively cancelling out the star’s image. The faint light from an orbiting ring of dust can then be detected. This project is part of a scientific effort to detect and observe nearby planets.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuller
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posted on
12/16/2013 12:38:40 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: listenhillary
I would like my own cloaking device. Lot’s of Klingons and romulans around here.
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posted on
12/16/2013 12:42:08 PM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
To: showme_the_Glory
Gyro Gearloose already invented it. He called it the Gloom Light, to make light places dark.
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posted on
12/16/2013 12:47:57 PM PST
by
JohnnyP
To: listenhillary
Standard problem solving : Reverse the objective. If you want to make customers happy, think about how to really piss them off. But projecting darkness? That is too cool for school.
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posted on
12/16/2013 12:55:18 PM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
To: listenhillary
will we someday be able to buy darkbulbs and flashdarks??
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posted on
12/16/2013 12:56:42 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: Darksheare
I... uh... *nevermind*
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posted on
12/16/2013 12:59:01 PM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: listenhillary
Does it come with a Cone of Silence?
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posted on
12/16/2013 1:03:09 PM PST
by
oldbill
To: listenhillary
Not necessary.
Most of Obama’s observers have their heads stuck in the sand or somewhere else, anyway.
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posted on
12/16/2013 1:03:32 PM PST
by
353FMG
To: oldbill
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posted on
12/16/2013 1:05:11 PM PST
by
TalonDJ
To: ETL
My hand is a “nuller” when I want to look at an item near the sunset.
To: GeronL
I want some darkbulbs for my flashdark, please, before they are phased out by environmentalist nutjobs.
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posted on
12/16/2013 1:17:49 PM PST
by
OldNewYork
(I have voted against free ice cream. And I will do it again.)
To: OldNewYork
yep. They’ll get there eventually because of all the dark carbon
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posted on
12/16/2013 1:19:49 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: showme_the_Glory
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posted on
12/16/2013 1:21:43 PM PST
by
JPG
(Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
To: listenhillary; Ellendra
So, someone has invented a “flashdark”?
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posted on
12/16/2013 1:21:58 PM PST
by
knittnmom
(Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
To: null and void; NicknamedBob
Not My.. uh.. maybe this time it is.
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posted on
12/16/2013 1:22:05 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: cuban leaf
Lol. Think of the millions that could be saved if NASA employed your simple technique!
Nulling actually involves two separated telescopes working together as one. Each one gathers the light from a star in such a way that the 2 wavefronts are 180 degrees out of phase when combined and so thereby cancel each other out, making it possible to see the faint light of the planet or whatever that might be there.
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posted on
12/16/2013 1:22:32 PM PST
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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