Canadian company HyperStealth Biotechnology is working on camouflage fabric that will make soldiers completely invisible.
Quantum Stealth material was designed by Guy Cramer. It bends light waves around the subject and removes visual, infrared (night vision), and thermal signatures.
“Cloak of Invisibility” works without cameras, batteries, or mirrors.
Functional prototype was shown to both U.S. and Canadian military.
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cole
this has to be a hoax
Dec 16th, 2012
steve philpott
Freaking neat, and GO Canada make us proud.
Dec 16th, 2012
woops
I’m really excited to see how this turns out.
Dec 16th, 2012
Dj
Seems extremely fake but what is even more shooing is that all those “news” sources brought that story to their viewers without a way of confirming its authenticity. Could be military propaganda or the like.
Dec 16th, 2012
Patzy
that’s a hoax. if it would just bend the light, why do people’s shadows disappear (second last pic) and why does it throw a shadow itself in the last picture?! makes no sense.
Dec 16th, 2012
Gert
Actually, the BACK side throws a shadow in EVERY picture and how does her shadow disappear in the 2nd to last photo? The light is coming from above, she would not have a shadow against the wall except directly behind and below her just like it shows.
I love how people think we’ve reached the pinnacle of our technological capabilities and everything new is strictly fantasy. I’m sure the atom bomb was just a work of fiction too.. oh wait…
Dec 16th, 2012
Masteroche
Really!!!!!!
Dec 16th, 2012
Ian H.
If you go to their site, you read:
“Quantum Stealth” Mock-up. These photos are to show the Media the concept, for security issues we can not show the actual technology.
Still, looks like they’re moving forward with an actual product…
Dec 16th, 2012
Casey
Obviously fake
Dec 16th, 2012
Katie
An invisibility cloak has been invented, but this is not it. This is a hoax.
Dec 16th, 2012
Joe
I’m not sure if it’s a hoax, but the photos are most certainly manipulations. I’m pretty sure that the real thing, while possible, is still miles away in terms of development. They’ve been hyping this stuff up for years with nothing to show for it.
If nothing else, I’m skeptical that a small, Canadian company managed to beat out the combined efforts of several multinational corporations and research institutions, and decades of limitless US military funding.
When I see it (or should I say, don’t see it) with my own eyes, then I’ll believe it.
Dec 16th, 2012
Jordan
For those of you who uses Photoshop, this new cloak technology uses the same concept as the Photoshop’s “Content-Aware” feature. I don’t know how the cloak works but I’m sure there are similarities to PS.
Dec 16th, 2012
Evilunatic
Looks real. Not sure, the purpose will be all positive tho.
Dec 16th, 2012
Rob
Really Gert? For someone so cynical about most of the art on this site, you sure are gullible enough to believe this one. If any picture proves it’s a hoax it’s the last one. The woman is laying on the ground. There is no way for the light to bend around that, and even if it could, the grass would be flattened.
Dec 17th, 2012
Monkey
Watching the video mentions that these are mockups.
Dec 17th, 2012
Tusk
But how does the cloak know not to project the shoes of the person standing behind it and DO show the gravel between his feet…
Dec 18th, 2012
Enrico Martinez
Its a hoax. It may just be the camouflage fabric that they use, but not the Invisibility Cloak (I.C.).
For them to prove that its real, they can demo it by making a video of a person using it; they may use a low-fidelity video camera so they may hide the technology that they are using.
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On the last picture: If the woman is lying on the grass, then there’s a shadow underneath the woman.
If the woman is using the I.C., then the shadow underneath her would appear.
Dec 19th, 2012
bryant
I feel like i am always wearing this :-/
Dec 19th, 2012
johnny
Anyone who believes this is stupid. I’ll leave it at that.
Dec 21st, 2012
adam
why every time they show the cloak its in stills ?
Dec 22nd, 2012
Jay
2nd to last picture. How is it being held up? Shouldn’t we see her fingers?
Dec 22nd, 2012
Maroje
so…if it bends light….would it show the girl also since to cloak it is just part of the surrounding…there is no way for cloak to diferentiate between the background and the girl…bad manipulation :(
Dec 24th, 2012
Interested
Very interesting concept. Whether it is real or fake at this point is irrelevant, because if they are working on the technology, it will eventually happen. I agree that there are some problems with the pictures shown (IE projecting SOME of the background, but not ALL of the background) and would really like to see it in action where movement is involved instead of static cover, but IF you could actually get it to work, it would make a HUGE difference on the modern battlefield…especially if you were able to equip all personnel AND vehicles with stealth that was mobile.
Dec 25th, 2012
Interested
One way that it MIGHT work and match the photos is if it was first placed on an object and took an image, and then you got under/behind it….of course that would mean that it would be strictly static and somewhat limited, but would still be a HUGE breakthrough.
Dec 25th, 2012
Rauf
This is not real. How can they create the image of the things which is actually covered (hidden-behind) by the person and with stealth cloth? That is impossible.
Dec 26th, 2012
Amir
Actually, the invisible cloak really exist. Well not fully invisible as it could only be invisible if viewed from a camera. But still, they are on their way of making the so called invisible cloak to be really invisible through the naked eye.
Dec 28th, 2012
MikkyJ
It’s a thing. The military will be using them within five years.
Live with it.
Dec 29th, 2012
parker
awsome tech
Dec 31st, 2012
Eh
This comes back down to video games and how the pro’s play. You can always tell where someone is in a game simply because of the pixels and the colouration difference. If I where a soldier, and you noticed a slight colour difference in the field, You’d certainly be putting a bullet into it. Especially with all these photos and seeing what it’s actually capable of. Problem with making something for the military, you either keep it quiet, or allow it so everyone knows what its capable of, everyone buys it, and the fields of battle are even.
Jan 6th, 2013
Nathan
This technology has been around for a while. Most people saw it getting used on TV on 9/11.
Jan 8th, 2013
Ellie
Maybe if you guys actually looked up the company and the product, you would have found this and learned that it IS real, but that the real technology could not be shown, nor how it’s done, because it’s a military secret. Why don’t you guys do actual research before you open you’re mouth?
Jan 10th, 2013
Lauren
This is mock-up of our “Quantum Stealth” (Light Bending) material with my assistant behind it. No cameras and no projectors are used. These photos are to show the Media the concept, for security issues we can not show the actual technology. With the real material – you would only see about 5% of the shadow on her and the ground as we’ve determined a 95% reduction of shadow in testing. Last picture this is the quote from the website.
Jan 15th, 2013
AgentForest
Wow, did the skeptics even watch the videos?
The inventor explained that they can’t show the real thing publicly until a contract agreement has been reached with the Canadian government. These are all conceptual mock-ups designed to imply roughly what the product will accomplish.
They have already made presentations to the US and Canadian military. If they are in contract negotiations with the military/government, I highly doubt it’s a hoax. But the guy already admitted the pictures here are faked. I mean… he said so. It may not work 100% like the representations from these pictures, but the government wouldn’t set up contract negotiations with a military contractor if there wasn’t something they wanted to buy. Even if it isn’t perfect like the images imply.
Feb 27th, 2013
Eric
The pictures representing what the technology is like are not real. They’re, “representations,” of what is said to be possible.
It even said so in the video.
Jun 22nd, 2013
Hugo
To the skeptics:
Yes there is no definite proof that this exists or works but deducting how it must be fake from mockup immages is kinda pointless.
Apart from these images some of you try to argue “It couldn’t hide the persons shadow!”
Yeah, it could, because if the light bends around the person, they wouldn’t cast any. There simply wouldn’t be anything to block the lights passage as it is just rerouted.
Similarly, they claim it wouldn’t pick up on infrared and thermal cams. Because these are just catching different wavelength of light it does sound possible. However there should be some visibility on these because the cloak wouldn’t be able to keep the wearers warms in. It’d be a sauna. So at least something would pick up but possibly only scatter.
They also claim they have a counter measure and this is really the easiest thing to believe because I can think of one from the top of my head. Depth sensors would still pick up on it. You could probably even modify a Kinect to this effect, if you are on a budget.
Jul 4th, 2013
Ken
I thought of this years ago. Fiber optics (which he states) make a blanket with the ends positioned a certain way, Simple. If you bend the light around you with them you will see where ever the fiber optic thread is pointing. Bet they use this tech for all kinds of cloaking.
Jul 6th, 2013
Jason
This is a $100 chromatic green cloth that you can pickup at any photography store. It’s a
Very easy green screen effect used in movies. I even did this trick using imovie and my daughters green blanket.
I am surprised this made it to CNN. Lol
I going to make my own commercial mocking this. Lol
Jul 9th, 2013
John
Firstly, if it was real, there would be actual video footage of someone trying it out.
Secondly, if it was real, and it is supposedly a fabric, you would see the girls fingers holding it on the edges or behind causing creases.
Thirdly if it was real, you would also see her image or her arms being shown through.. if it can show whats behind it.
Fourthly, if it was real, it would not look so badly photoshopped and there would be higher res images.
I mean seriously. Cloaking would probably require a field effect.
Sep 21st, 2013
Baldwin bravo
I have an invisibility cloak, but I can’t find it.
Oct 14th, 2013
Faith
Hey everyone, I would like to point out that just because it’s called light bending technology, doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work on the ground. None of you are qualified to say it’s fake. This could be 100% fake or 100% real. I’m not going to say because I am not involved and therefore do not know. But I do know that this technology has been worked on for a while, and I literally have a computer in my pocket, so I have no problem believing that this is real. People are smart, and the human race advances quickly.
P.S. To all of those people saying there would have been video of some one wearing it…
there was, you obviously just didn’t look hard enough… you COULD’T SEE THEM. Which convinces me that it’s real because you looked so hard you thought they were lying and you still couldn’t see them.
Jan 10th, 2014
Georgia
This is real, this guy creates military uniforms for many countries, this itsn’t a Harry Potter thing. This is real military technology.
Don’t believe me? do a little research.
Jan 10th, 2014
Melissa
I could pull off the most amazing pranks.
Jan 14th, 2014
UBwarned
The best Invisibility–is to not be there at all. Modern warfare will be remote as we are now seeing with drones. I imagine if a cloak is to work, it would have to be some time of smoke and mirrors/metals. But who knows. If it can be imagined, it can be done–just a matter of time and wits.
Jan 15th, 2014
Brandon
My vision defeats this fabric. I thought I was losing my mind then I was talking to a buddy that worked for government. I had no idea this was real tje n I look at camouflaged people and I see them clear as day when no one else can. I won’t if anyone wants to hire me for me specific skills. I am looking for a job.
Feb 14th, 2014
andy
If it bends the light so you cant see who is behind it why can you see the tree bush ect that is behind them?
Mar 4th, 2014
joseph
andy i think it is made like a mirror you can’t see behind the mirror on the reflextion
Feb 20th, 2015
ThatSneakyGuy
Guys, these picture ARE fake, this is the concept of what they are doing, and for security, the (maybe) real has not been shown, imagine some terrorists copying or stealing it (if it even exists)…. Hell would break loose.
Jul 24th, 2015
selvin
How much is it because I want one.
Nov 15th, 2015
Anders Eriksen
Hey, when will this eventually be available for purchase..?
Dec 18th, 2015
11
I believe this technology exists. The reason it is so super secret is because they don’t want the public to have access to it because then when they impose martial law it will make their job harder.
Feb 1st, 2016
mahe
how much cost on this cloth
Feb 25th, 2016
Donald Burke
It’s been real for a long time US has had the technology in real world testing back in the 90’s . it’s not that big a deal on what it is and how it works .The US has used and trained troops in the vary same concept as the 1940’s. The material is nothing special has around for a long time .The on;y made a slight change in the finish product . I really don’t know why i even posted . Yes , i can tell you exactly how it works and what it’s made of , The thing is you don’t understand it to begin with and it’s so simple it would do no good if you had a piece of it and you would would still say it’s not real. It may not have been a smart think to make any comment here at all,and my knowledge of it and what it is made of did not come from anything to do with this current story or and in no way connected to anyone who has worked for anyone who make’s or any GoV. agency . It is real and so simple and fact that it works with out any kind on digital no electronic no amazing new discovery ,But it is and has been real for a long time ,Nothing like this would even be in the public forum. If it wasn’t at least 20 years in the past ,could be longer ,but it is more years in the working real world app.
Mar 2nd, 2016
Technojazz
There are shadows in every pic. Well done. Though it does seem fake a bit.
Aug 4th, 2016
ravi
where can i get this i need one
Oct 17th, 2016
Cody Bellerose
Like Brandon, I can see these people in these suits as well. I’ve been playing along like I can’t for close to 3 years. I know every time they are in the same room as me or following me or watching me. I want in, I feel I can be very valuable to this cause, as I have a lot to bring to the table, ie. skills, ideas, concepts. Please email me or add me on facebook. I would really like to work with you on this.
Dec 30th, 2016
John
For city arms urban areas- try a grey truck screen it is not solid and no one has noticed me in up close surveillance.
Feb 26th, 2017
siva
It Is very beautifull
May 2nd, 2017
Shadi Abou Diab
Amazing technology designed How much the cost of the invisible cloak.
Jun 27th, 2017
Perry
How to I purchase the invisibility cloak? How much is it?
May 24th, 2018