Created Tue 25th Nov 2008 4:59am PST by 
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Will scientists make someone invisible by 2012?
Current forecast: 10% chance 
Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 10% likely to happen (unchanged in last 1 day)
Previously the stuff of fantasy fiction, for years scientists have been trying to create a camouflage suit that would render the wearer invisible to the naked eye.
At present, suits give the impression of a shadowy figure - but will we soon see someone disappear?
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.08/pwr_invisible.html
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPVQal851U&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4zwzlnExVU&feature=related
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2124326,00.asp
At present, suits give the impression of a shadowy figure - but will we soon see someone disappear?
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.08/pwr_invisible.html
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPVQal851U&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4zwzlnExVU&feature=related
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2124326,00.asp
Settlement details:
Suit or other device to make the wearer invisible to the naked eye in full daylight. As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Created Tue 25th Nov 2008 4:59am PST by seventhsight
seventhsight
Suspend date: Sat 31st Dec 2011 3:59pm PST (2 years to go)
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paulwe
soldier_w
predicted No (H$100 at 90%)
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predicted Yes (H$20 at 11%)
bigken1
predicted Yes (H$500 at 12%)
predicted No (H$50 at 90%)
jarrod
predicted No (H$100 at 89%)
predicted Yes (H$100 at 11%)
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score: 10
Telegraph 4 days ago
Sam's book, is part horror, part recognition. Most of us, whatever our vocation, have some experience of invisibility. My career as a waitress came to an end when, while daydreaming with my mouth open, I drooled onto a customer's sandwich. That is the
score: 10
New Scientist 1 week ago
backgrounds, thus enabling attention to be paid to significant things - food, predators - in an environment. Natural camouflage, such as the leopard's spots and the zebra's stripes, exists to combat figure-ground differentiation, making the struggle for
score: 10
The Times 1 week ago
the viewer can navigate on a computer. 2 Grid of 100,000 computers heralds new internet dawn The Large Hadron Collider at the European centre for nuclear research (CERN) in Geneva is trying to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Naturally, it also
score: 10
The Times 1 week ago
the viewer can navigate on a computer. 2 Grid of 100,000 computers heralds new internet dawn The Large Hadron Collider at the European centre for nuclear research (CERN) in Geneva is trying to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Naturally, it also
score: 10
Sympatico 1 week ago
S. arms maker. Talk of alternative energy initiatives fizzled as the price of oil dropped. The $9 billion Large Hadron Collider started with much fanfare and then broke down. If the year taught us anything, it's that science does not live in a bubble and
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I had disappeared and it was in full daylight! So, I think this question is settled.
I had disappeared and it was in full daylight! So, I think this question is settled.
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