An ultrathin black silicone sheet that works like an invisibility cloak by blocking infrared cameras could save lives in war zones and revolutionize the way soldiers operate on the battleground, scientists say.
This new technology, invented by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, could change the way troops maneuver on the ground by concealing the heat from their bodies or the heat from a car engine, rendering them nearly invisible to drones’ heat-detecting cameras. Scientists are calling them stealth sheets, and they are bendable pieces of silicone that can wrap around the human form, hiding as much as 94 percent of the infrared light.
“Think of it as a sort of camouflage. This could have huge ramifications for how battle is fought,” Hongrui Jiang, one of the co-inventors told Newsweek.
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