Do you think we have the technology to make people invisible?

Question

Invisible man, hollow man, fantastic 4 , do you think we have the technology to make somebody invisible?

Answer 1

if we did it would be classified - top secret - and no one would probably know.
personally...i don't think we have the technology

Answer 2

like cirric describes theres a similar technology under development in the US

hollow in the meaning of a true transparency is not possible with current technology, cause it would need...

... a technology modifying matter in a way that it would let pass photons ... we cannot modify atoms in a way that they do that without destroying them

or

... a technology being capable bending light around something. This however has been partially achieved by bending light around a small metal cube.
unfortunatly it took way too much energy to have that on larger scale, and the light was monochromatic light from a laser, not real light.

However technology cannot provide a complete visible transparency, its just possible to let someone disappear in modifying the looks of the surface in relation to the background.

Answer 3

Here is controversial theory. "Change the base frequency of things or people and it will disappear from this reality"
Its just a wild theory, but check out Tesla's work on this or check out the story of the Philadelphia Experiment"
Try Wikipedia on the "Philadelphia Experiment" some say it never happened but at least it might tweak your imagination enough to consider the possibility that someday something similar to invisibility can happen.

Answer 4

Chameleons do it. Octopuses do it. Some insects do it. All we have to do is figure out how they do it. Of course, they're only blending in with the 2D environment immediately around them, at close range.

3D invisibility is probably centuries away; but maybe we can create a cloak that makes us look like a bush from any direction. Indoors, you could program it to look like a filing cabinet.

Answer 5

Recently a team of researchers constructed a rather large device that works approximately like a cloaking field. It might be possible to cloak a person, a vehicle or even a small building if they get the kinks out.

Answer 6

Technology ? not yet! but theoretically by attaching plasmons or tiny electronic excitations to a metal you can disable the surface reflection of an object and make the light from objects behind it pass through ,however this theory doesn't work for people , only for extremely small or nearly microscopic objects

Answer 7

I've been to a few restaurants and stores where I was surrounded by employees who ignored me...I guess I was invisible to them.

Answer 8

Hi. A device was demonstrated (in Japan, I think) that used a camera, a projector, and retro reflective material to make a woman appear transparent. This what you mean? http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/29/1048653907088.html and this http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38783000/jpg/_38783633_invisible.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_2730000/2730639.stm&h=180&w=300&sz=14&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=MDvTjM7Y3W3zAM:&tbnh=70&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dinvisible%2Bcoat%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Answer 9

Yep .. this is called blinding.. take the eye out and everything is invisible.

Answer 10

Depends on your definition of invisible. ~
Extremely well camouflaged, yes.

Answer 11

Heck,no.