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Willowdale Wizard
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posted 15 June 2004 04:51 AM      Profile for Willowdale Wizard   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 

retro-reflectum is the best thing since flubber ...

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Professor Tachi's cloak works by projecting an image onto itself of what is behind the wearer. A computer generates the image that is projected, so the viewer effectively sees "through" the cloak.

The key development of the cloak, however, was the development of a new material called retro-reflectum.

"This material allows you to see a three-dimensional image," Professor Tachi said.

"This material is the key to our technology."



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Briguy
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posted 15 June 2004 09:25 AM      Profile for Briguy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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"My short-term goal would be, for example, to make a room that has no outside windows appear to have a view to the outside, then the wall would appear to be invisible."

Because windows are so hard to come by and incorporate into building designs?


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Michelle
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posted 15 June 2004 09:58 AM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Yeah, I'm trying to think of practical uses beyond military ones. They're not coming.
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swallow
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posted 15 June 2004 11:37 AM      Profile for swallow     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Well, you could sneak into Professor Dumbledore's office unobserved and listen in on the conversations....
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Cougyr
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posted 15 June 2004 01:08 PM      Profile for Cougyr     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
The best thing since Flubber? Yup. And in the same category. There's one born every minute.
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Sports Guy
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posted 15 June 2004 06:39 PM      Profile for Sports Guy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by swallow:
Well, you could sneak into Professor Dumbledore's office unobserved and listen in on the conversations....

Yeah but Mad Eye Moody can see through invisibility cloaks.


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Rand McNally
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posted 15 June 2004 07:22 PM      Profile for Rand McNally     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
You could make buildings disappear and bring back a natural skyline.
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Jacob Two-Two
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posted 15 June 2004 08:46 PM      Profile for Jacob Two-Two     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hey, good one! All I could think of was hunting Arnie in the jungle.
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