Invisibility Cloaks Now a Reality

Just recently a Canadian company know as HyperStealth is reporting that it has developed the "Quantum Stealth" material. This material renders the object or in this case a person completely invisible by bending light waves around it.

Mock-up of the Quantum Stealth (Source: HyperStealth.com)

This basically works like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak.

Since 2002, HyperStealth has been in business of designing camouflage patterns for military uniforms, vehicles, and installations. In 2010, at the International Camouflage Symposium, HyperStealth's CEO Guy Cramer demonstrated  what is known as "SmartCamo" - a material that could reportedly adjust its camouflage markings to match its surroundings. I say "reportedly" because Cramer apparently published a video demonstration of SmartCam but soon after the US Military intervened and asked him to take it down. As for Quantum Stealth, I am fairly sure it is a follow-up to SmartCamo.

Again, for security reasons, Cramer is saying very little about Quantum Stealth. All of the pictures that are seen here, and on HyperStealth's website, are mock-ups, because "for security issues we cannot show the actual technology." Cramer says that both the US and Canadian military have seen the Quantum Stealth in action, and that they've confirmed that the material obscures the target from infrared (thermal) imaging.