Invisible Mercedes - a concept cloaked car using a camera and sheets of LED's

[FunnyBunny]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIGzpi9lCck&feature=player_embedded#![/media]
Can't wait for someone to put this on all sides of the car.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/AQYBX.png[/img]
Cops would love this, if it wasn't considered entrapment.

[FunnyBunny]

Not if you're James Bond.

[Nigademus]

I've had this idea.

[TheGuru]

[QUOTE=Apache249;35003199]I've had this idea.[/QUOTE]

A slightly more advanced version of this method is used for Bond's Aston in Die Another Day.

[Spazi]

[QUOTE=Lolkork;35002372]If I'm not mistaken; being visible in traffic is a good thing.[/QUOTE]

Invisible AND blind.

[Adam1172]

Mercedes is famous for being extremely exaggerating in their Ads/Videos.

[ChestyMcGee]

i hope everyone realises this is a metaphor for the car's emissions and not an actual design concept.....

[SweetSwifter]

Hands down, that's some genius advertising right there.

[Kali]

I thought the point of car advertisement was to show you the car, not hide it behind stuff?

Still awesome, though.

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;35002378]Not if you're James Bond.[/QUOTE]

Or ghost rider.

[[Seed Eater]]

They're actually developing this exact idea for stealth aircraft. Camera on top, LEDs on bottom.

[Macneil_bmx]

Wow this is so weirdly cool.

[MightyMax]

[QUOTE='[Seed Eater];35008437']They're actually developing this exact idea for stealth aircraft. Camera on top, LEDs on bottom.[/QUOTE]

wouldn't it just be cheaper to paint the bottom of planes blue?

[FunnyBunny]

[QUOTE='[Seed Eater];35008437']They're actually developing this exact idea for stealth aircraft. Camera on top, LEDs on bottom.[/QUOTE]

...not really.
The sky is always blue.

Cloak from radar is a hundred times more valuable than cloak from the eyes. Not to mention if you ever actually achieved it, practically all the enemy missiles are infrared/heatseeking.

[editline]6th March 2012[/editline]

Actually if anything, this would be useful for ground light armor. Most ground vehicles already have pretty flat sides. Attaching this to a humvee could make it extremely disorienting to enemy troops trying to fire an RPG at it. It would be useless doing it to a tank or anything bigger, mainly because tanks produce enough heat to warrant the use of IR weapons.

[Caynug]

Wow someone needs to take this technology/Idea and do something more cool and more detailed! I would absolutly love to see more of this, it's really invisible for the eye.

[[GRiM]]

COME ONE MERCEDES! KILL ME I'M HERE! COME ON DO IT NOW!

[TheTalon]

[QUOTE='[Seed Eater];35008437']They're actually developing this exact idea for stealth aircraft. Camera on top, LEDs on bottom.[/QUOTE]

Stealth from the human eye on aircraft isn't important anymore

[Jetblack357]

This is the proper way to do advertising, its fucking awesome.

[FunnyBunny]

[QUOTE=TheTalon;35035269]Stealth from the human eye on aircraft isn't important anymore[/QUOTE]

Exactly, it's way more important for humvees and the like. Ground combat is extremely chaotic and in the midst of that a cloaked vehicle (even if it's not perfect) could give you the edge you need. Sitting at home it's pretty easy to tell where the car is. If you're hiding in a ditch, carrying 30 pounds of weapon/ammo, out of breath, with bullets flying over you, I would not be surprised if your eyes passed right over this thing and you wouldn't even recognize it.

[camacazie638]

Pretty cool, next milestone is how to cover all angles.