http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/10/10-31-07-invisible-tank.jpg

"While not the first bunch to try and mesh (http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/21/darpa-funds-invisible-shoot-through-shield/) invisibility with military equipment, the British Army is reportedly staying busy by "testing technology it claims makes tanks and troops invisible." Apparently, the (previously) uber-secret trials were conducted by the Royal Engineers and scientists from QinetiQ (http://www.engadget.com/tag/QinetiQ/), and if eyewitness reports are to be believed, they were able to "make a vehicle seem to completely disappear." The illusion (read: we're no closer to actual invisibility cloaks (http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/duke-scientists-build-theorized-invisibility-cloak-sort-of/)) was reportedly created by utilizing "cameras and projectors to beam images captured from the surrounding landscape onto a specially-adapted tank coated with silicon to maximize their reflective qualities," and if things go as planned, these elusive machines could make their way onto the battlefield "within five years." 'Course, it's not like anyone will have visual proof of that, but we suppose that's just the nature of the beast."

http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/ (http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/31/british-army-looks-to-make-tanks-troops-invisible/)

I get first dibs.

Yes!!! just like the Aston Martin Vanish (Vanquish)

I keep hearing about this technology, but I want my invisible car and such NOW.

BTW, where is my fucking jet pack that I was promised way back when?

They've been making things less visible to radar, infra-red, etc. for awhile now. The visible light thing has obviously been a lot trickier. Not sure how practical this will be but the military has lots of money to spend.

Could you imagine being an advanced scout looking for troop movements, utilising scopes with heat sensing and low-level light enhancement, and not seeing an entire squadron of tanks and troops until they are less than 100 metres away? Scary thought.

Has anyone come up with sound sensing technology that works on land as well as it works underwater? I guess the trick is to capture enough sound (does not travel as far or maintain intensity as it does in water) and to weed out all the noise. A multi-spectrum analysis using multiple wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation combined with sound sensing (you could sense sound through the earth as well to detect movement of tanks) would be the answer. Then they need to minaturize all those sensors into a pair of binoculars. That would be cool!