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BAE infra-red invisibility cloak allows tanks to mimic Jeeps and cows
New camouflage technology developed by British defense company BAE Systems will allow tanks and other vehicles to be invisible to infra-red technology.
BAE will be showing off the new tech, named ADAPTIV, at the UK Defense and Security Equipment International exhibition next week. ADAPTIV lets tanks, ships and even fixed installations blend in with the environment, mimicking the infra-red signature of objects such as cars and even livestock (yes, cows).
The speed of temperature change allows ADAPTIV to work even while a vehicle is moving. The tech can be boiled down to two components: pixels and cameras. The adaptability of the product comes from 1,000 lightweight hand -sized hexagonal panels or pixels which are individually heated and cooled by semiconduting technology. Powered by the vehicle’s systems, the pixels consume a relatively small amount of electricity, and being metal they even add to the armor of the vehicle.
BAE infra-red invisibility cloak allows tanks to mimic Jeeps and cows
New camouflage technology developed by British defense company BAE Systems will allow tanks and other vehicles to be invisible to infra-red technology.
BAE will be showing off the new tech, named ADAPTIV, at the UK Defense and Security Equipment International exhibition next week. ADAPTIV lets tanks, ships and even fixed installations blend in with the environment, mimicking the infra-red signature of objects such as cars and even livestock (yes, cows).
The speed of temperature change allows ADAPTIV to work even while a vehicle is moving. The tech can be boiled down to two components: pixels and cameras. The adaptability of the product comes from 1,000 lightweight hand -sized hexagonal panels or pixels which are individually heated and cooled by semiconduting technology. Powered by the vehicle’s systems, the pixels consume a relatively small amount of electricity, and being metal they even add to the armor of the vehicle.
