The U.S. military is backing the development of camouflage fabrics that could one day make their soldiers completely invisible, it has been claimed.

camouflage fabrics：偽裝織物

The so-called 'Quantum Stealth' camouflage material is said to render its wearers completely invisible by bending light waves around them

Quantum Stealth：量子隱形.

Its makers claim the material, which is in effect similar to the invisibility cloak worn by Harry Potter, can even fool night-vision goggles.

night-vision goggles：夜視鏡

However, its development is apparently so secret the Canadian company behind it says it cannot even show the technology in action and offers only mock ups of its effect on their website.

mock up：實體模型

Nevertheless, Guy Cramer, CEO of Hyperstealth Biotechnology Corp, says he does not care that some observers remain sceptical as to his company's claims since 'the people that need to know that it works have seen it'.

'Two separate command groups within the U.S. Military and two separate Canadian Military groups as well as Federal Emergency Response Team (Counter Terrorism) have seen the actual material so they could verify that I was not just manipulating video or photo results,' Mr Cramer said.

'These groups now know that it works and does so without cameras, batteries, lights or mirrors...It is lightweight and quite inexpensive. Both the U.S. and Canadian military have confirmed that it also works against military IR scopes and Thermal Optics.'

IR scopes：infrared ray 紅外線

Thermal Optics：熱成像

In a statement published on his company's website, Mr Cramer explained he cannot disclose any details about how his remarkable fabric bends light around its wearer. Instead he gives examples of how it might be used.

He says it would be invaluable to pilots forced to eject over enemy terrain and evade capture; it would allow special forces teams to carry out raids in broad daylight without detection; it could enable the creation of the next generation of stealth aircraft, invisible not only to radar but also the naked eye; and it would enable submarines to remain concealed even when they surface near an enemy fleet.

【新聞快訊】隱身斗篷堪稱《哈利·波特》系列小說中最令人向往的“神器”之一。隨著科技的進步，一披上斗篷就“消失”的情節(jié)將不再只存在于小說中。據(jù)英國《每日郵報》11日報道，加拿大一家公司近日聲稱已經(jīng)研發(fā)出一種偽裝材料，能使穿戴者在人們的視線中完全“消失”。這種名為“量子隱形”的偽裝材料可以使光線彎曲，從而使其覆蓋的物品實面“隱身”。其制造商——加拿大超級隱形生物科技公司稱，“量子隱形”實際上跟哈利·波特穿的隱身斗篷非常相似，不僅能“騙”過肉眼，在軍用夜視鏡、紅外線和熱成像技術(shù)的探測下，也能成功隱身。并且，這種技術(shù)不需要借助相機、電池、光線或鏡子，它的質(zhì)量很輕，成本也不昂貴。

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