Smart paint creates chameleon tanks

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  1. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    "Tanks that can repair themselves and change colour on the battlefield are being developed in the US.

    A team of researchers based at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, along with the US Army's Armament Research and Development Center are working on the smart machines.

    Military vehicles including tanks, trucks helicopters and weapon systems will be covered with a coating that has been embedded with nanotechnology."


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2386731.stm

    I can see it now - crew get out to take a leak, turn around and....

    "Crap, where'd we park the tank!":D
     
  2. RTT

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    damn I was going to post that :D

    really wouldn't surprise me though ;)
     
  3. MrDT

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    Re: Re: Smart paint creates chameleon tanks

    Wouldn't surprise me either :worried:
     
  4. stewe151

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    heck, with the way our military is run I expect it. and then of course they would start firing guns at random trying to hit it so they could locate it. :rolleyes:
     
  5. joe the dishwasher

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    it doesn't really matter if they are invisible you can still could see the tanks with thermal imaging and radar:eyebrow:
     
  6. Drastik

    Drastik What's a Dremel?

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    tru dat hommie G dawg
     
  7. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    Eh? :eyebrow:

    Speak English man! :D
     
  8. Liquid K9

    Liquid K9 Human programmer.. heh

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    so, a lot of 'stealth' technology has such flaws or drawbacks. the point is, you wouldnt be looking for something using heat-sesitive cameras if you didnt think they were coming after you anyway, and if that was the case you'd probably get planes not tanks. Anyway none of that really matters, if they can create tanks that dont reflect light, dont you think they can do the same with thermal imaging and sonar?

    RE: Speak English man!
    no, let us speak Bit-ish (get it, brittish... :D). I eck me no mather to afager wit n me no magoretagor! the trick to speaking bit-ish is getting a few too many static shocks in the wrong place (ahem)

    Ok. so now we have the following, for Bit-land, the independant state of Bit:

    A colony on the Moon (Bit-land, and Bit-mania are the main cities)
    Our own Language (Bit-ish is the main language, but some also speak Bit-ian, which is a 'northern' dialect)

    what is left? a flag, a law system... not much :naughty:
     
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  9. Hindaine

    Hindaine What's a Dremel?

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    they dont exactly leave the tank to piss. they just stand on it, piss off the side, get back in.

    Oh wait. maybe not. With our army i wouldnt put it past em thou.
     
  10. Liquid K9

    Liquid K9 Human programmer.. heh

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    ROFL


    "The newest tank of the brittish forces has one main cannon and four mini-canons (one for each person inside the tank) which spray on-lookers with a highly toxic urine derivitive"
     

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