Invisible Skin Soldier Camouflage

For centuries, militaries have looked for ways to seamlessly blend into combat sceneries. But the need to camouflage has never been more urgent than in the era of high-tech detection.
With modern heat-scanning methods, keeping soldiers safe on the battlefield has become particularly challenging. But scientists have risen to the occasion.
As Engineering professor and team leader Alon Gorodtsky of the University of California, Irvine, put it: (QUOTE) "We were inspired both by science fiction and science fact."
And even though digital camouflage is not a new concept, recent research fields like biomimetics have allowed engineers to give soldiers the advantage of an unpretentious mollusk: to disappear…

[@Scott_Diverscott]

Saying "Squid", but showing "Octopus".. Guess the camoflauge is effective 🙂

[@jerrylong381]

Yeah, I saw Octopus and Cuttlefish, but no Squid. Cephalopods are fascinating. Imagine how smart an Octopus could become if they lived more than a couple years.

[@spencerthomas389]

I didn't see any Navy dudes.

[@Scott_Diverscott]

@@spencerthomas389 They’re hiding in the submarines

[@sabatheus]

😂

[@wakeupidiotsnow2611]

Yeah He said squid 🦑 see what Apple brings up as I type? Now describe Octopussy

[@garycox5238]

Wow, that camo is fantastic, that squid looks exactly like an octopus

[@bdickinson6751]

Shape shifters as well!

[@anthonyelledge7475]

Yeah and octopuses are probably smarter than him lmfao. He said squid...

[@frenstcht]

Okay, that made me laugh.

[@deadeye4520]

I was going to comment about that squid/octopus issue, but your comment was much funnier than mine.

[@divineintervention212]

I was really trying my best to think of a squid games joke about that.

[@hopelessmotorsports5922]

I would be impressed if they could just make a set of uniforms that can keep stitched together for over 3 days in the field.

[@sog4646]

Yea. Ripstop doesn't exactly live up to it's name.

[@oniwaban3198]

It's like they hate double stitching where it counts.. (the crotch)

[@sog4646]

@@oniwaban3198 above the knees is usually what rips apart on me first.

[@JamesFromTexas]

Does the Army still give out those patch kits that are just cloth stickers you put over a tear? Those things sucked. Give me a needle and thread any day.

[@JamesFromTexas]

@@sog4646 I never understood that name. My ripstop summer uniforms always tore especially compared to the full cloth winter ones.

[@MrDDiRusso]

The discarded camo tape can leave a trail that can be tracked. It also gives the enemy samples of the technology that can be reverse engineered and can be studied to find a counter measure.

[@hf117j]

Toss it in your dump pouch and force it to the bottom. The only way it'll come back out after that is by reaching back in to pull it out

[@phmaximus]

anything can be tracked with or without a trail of tape. some of the Russians were tracked by a pair of aple earbuds

[@gwho]

@@hf117j there's an easy solution to that. throw it away near a japanese person. LUL

[@orlock20]

2014 was the year that China made its first balls to be used on ball point pens. Advanced technology is complicated and expensive.

[@chrisburke624]

@@orlock20 Really? Why 2014? I would have assumed that most of the world's ball point pens were made in China

[@purebloodstevetungate5418]

You can literally use a 2 dollar thermal survival blanket to defeat thermal imaging.

[@kenosabi]

Oh yeah. Just make sure you lay down and never move. Now that's effective 😂

[@purebloodstevetungate5418]

@@kenosabi No just long enough to acquire your target and put it down. I spent 40$ on a bundle of thermal survival blankets and made an anti thermal imaging ghillie thats pretty damn effective.

[@Marconius-SPQR]

I knew snipers who laid quietly in one spot for DAYS waiting to acquire the target. Kenosabi is a cherry boy.

[@purebloodstevetungate5418]

Not only will thermal survival blankets defeat thermal imaging I've also discovered that using thermal paste mixed with food coloring such as od green, flat dark earth etc as cammie paint on hands and face or any exposed skin also defeats thermal imaging. Used on carbon fiber barrels or any exposed weapon works as well.

[@onionhead5780]

Alright, Who’s gonna tell him that’s an octopus and not a squid? 🙊

[@misssummersalt]

And what octopus-disguised-as-a-rock must he be living under in order to not think they are clever creatures??

[@prairierider7569]

And a cuddle fish not a squid either😂😂😂

[@mikerodix4800]

The squid was hiding from the octopus

[@sferg9582]

There was a squid there all the time.... you just couldn't see it.

[@buckleyi]

Total idiot, even my young granddaughter knew what it was!

[@JM-nt5fm]

Stopping infrared emissions yet providing thermally comfortable clothing is one heck of a trick.

[@kurtwinter4422]

All you need to do is weave in micro Peltier devices and a moderator fluid. No problem, right?

[@uggiebear1]

Or just be a Polar Bear

[@MultiMegatron123]

Wouldn't all thermal clothing mask your infra-red signature, to a degree, since it's designed to trap your body heat? Not sure just thourght of it.

[@xodiaq]

@@MultiMegatron123it can’t fully trap it, though. It has to diffuse above a certain temp, and doing that without emitting a heat signature is a feat. If it just trapped body heat, it would be like when Martin Laurence went jogging in a plastic bag suit

[@MultiMegatron123]

@@xodiaq 🤣

[@andie_pants]

I think you'd be shocked by just how clever squid and octopuseseses are.

[@TM-yn4iu]

I agree, even more so how interactively understanding they are - with feelings.

[@49mrbassman]

They reckon the octopus is alien to this planet.

[@pofuno]

Calm down nerd

[@mortem-tyrannis]

Octopi I believe is the term

[@andie_pants]

@@pofuno I shall remain frazzled.

[@SABREX7]

I don't think the squid or octopus ability to camouflage itself is a lesser known ability 🤔 🤷 🤣

[@trixxter8494]

No you misunderstand I think hes saying that the lesser known ability was for the squid and the octopus to put their scientific minds togother and create the sticky tape to cover their bodies so that they could adapt to their surroundings with their sticky tape covered bodys and things or something maybe or maybe they're just really good at mathematics I don't know they can drive cars or something no I think Maybe it that they have mind control like they say Im not really changeing colors but I'm telling you that you see me changing colors so you can't see me now so mind control that's what it is its definitely mind control and that's where starwars got it from these aren't the Droids you're looking for!! Yeah I'm pretty sure that's what he is trying to say👍

[@antonnym214]

This very much illuminates the difference between interesting research and a robust application. As an Army veteran, I would say this material has a long way to go. One challenge is the time necessary to deploy the camo tape onto the uniform. If you're on patrol, you do NOT want to put down your weapon and start applying stickers on your front and your buddy's back. This might be an interesting research project which would hopefully lead to something automatic and integral, like the Predator in the Predator movies. That would require a LOT of very small photophores and chromophores, just like the Octopus can do, biologically. Sticky tape that you would leave behind is definitely not ready for prime time, and risks leaking the tech to the enemy on their territory. Also no-bueno. It's a worthy endeavor, however, and I wish you all the best of luck with it.

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

Just like the reflective squares - it's too late to start putting it on AFTER calling for air support. It needs to be something that is standard for your uniform before even deploying...

[@youropionmattersnot]

Probably already invented but I had conceived a system of adaptive clothing like flexible LED fabric with some type of camera that basically projectes the scene behind the person on the led fabric. As well, temperature regulated clothing or "blanket" that adapts itself to the ambient temperature of its surroundings to conceal someone from thermal imaging.

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

@@youropionmattersnot they already have the LED system for vehicles & it mimics where you are. You can't even tell a vehicle is right in front of you. But it's a lot harder when you have thousands of soldiers running around... 🤷🤷🤷... Might take them a while...

[@youropionmattersnot]

@@nunyadambusiness6902 for sure. With the drone footage I've watched out of Ukraine.... It's getting much harder to hide. They are dropping grenades from drones 1,000 feet in the air with pin point accuracy right into trenches, fox holes and doorways.

[@nunyadambusiness6902]

@@youropionmattersnot wow... never saw the drops from THAT high, but I saw low drops where they literally dropped a mortor or ap round right thru the open hatch of a tank or ifv... & when it blows the back doors open, you know they're screwed... Also shows you who can aim & do a good drop, lol...

[@JamesFromTexas]

Ghillie suits: the oldest yet highly effective piece of camouflage kit in every arsenal.

[@zaneenaz4962]

Fabrics and spun fibers still offer many useful features, especially considering some of todays' conductive polymers, or optical fibers. interesting field.

[@somedude1841]

Not one squid was seen in the making of this video.. that’s how well it’s camouflage works

[@JustalittleShorts]

5:30 there is a squid for like 2 seconds lol

[@kenosabi]

We get it. There's no squid. It was a lot more orginal the first 800 times it was posted.

[@JustalittleShorts]

@@kenosabi ya but there is a squid.. sooo

[@grantbuxton]

I know they had cloaks in 2001, I watched an assassin decloak on the side of the road in the middle of the desert

[@thudthud5423]

I've read about breakthrough chemical discoveries about 10 years ago regarding cephalopod color changing abilities. According to the article I read, the ability to create the material needed to closely mimic the animals' color changing ability was incredibly simple and you could create them in a high school chemistry lab. According to the article, by changing the voltage, the material could change to any color you wished.

[@CapitanGreenhat]

Chromoelectic materials are commercially available. Just exspensive as heck

[@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP]

In 1987, Major Alan "Dutch" Schaefer covered himself in cold mud- to hide from the Enemy, who had "FLIR" technology. This tactic was by happenstance; after sliding down a hill, he fell into a muddy riverbank. He then realized- he couldn't be seen, when the Enemy walked right by him.

[@stevedevice1866]

Only works with ambient temperature mud, as soon as it warms up, you're on the sensor. Also, the current home thermals you plug into your phone are better than mil ones from back then.

[@themadasshatter1088]

Worked for Arnie.

[@junibug6790]

An "Invisible Skin-Soldier" sounds like some kind of terrifying SCP other-dimensional entity.

[@ZombieGrandpa]

And what does this mean for personal rights and freedom from undue search and seizure? And what happens when criminal and terror entities get ahold of these suits? Being as we know recent administrations were spying even on our allies, how long before they spy on us? Invisible drones over the public at all times, watching those they are supposed to be protecting... can't be far away. Reminds me of the sunglasses the hero finds in "They Live." Suddenly, he is able to see all sorts of hidden things, each designed to keep the working class working- and under control. At one point, an invisible drone comes close. It can't be seen without the special glasses... How long until that is a reality? Maybe it already is...

[@alekvillarreal3470]

*write that down, write that down!*

[@bobhope4949]

That’s my condom brand

[@ice-xv1hi]

Showed octopus, not squid.

[@mcnorcan]

And a cuttlefish.

[@YurtleTheTurtle99]

“The main point is to create an expensive and completely disposable solution” 😂😂

[@tonetone6168]

I didn't see any real working model of this electronic or SCIFI'esque camouflage technology in this video.

[@ProudToBeAHillbilly]

If our Military is releasing this information now that Social Media can broadcast it world wide then best believe our Military has also perfected this camo already and has more than likely already put it in use ✌️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ProudToBeAHillbilly]

@@ZybraSun Iraqi Military and Paramilitary in that region stood 0 chance up against us lol so I don't know what rock you've been hiding under for the past 15 years but we didn't "Lose" if your referring to us having to Withdraw as we Lost then that's just wrong facts, that was just poor judgement and leadership from not one President but two. Tech, will power, and Sacrifice especially is all we gave over there. See if you had actually served in either region you would have known this 👀👀.....✌️ Your Welcome!

[@30wrdy]

@@ProudToBeAHillbillythere are plenty of veterans who were over there and said we got our ass kicked. And it was only one idiot president to blame, the one sitting in the crack house right now

[@elmohead]

Bruh USA straight up lost in Vietnam and Afghanistan, both against regular dudes with AKs.

[@sntxrrr]

5:00 the squid is not a clever creature? It is a surprisingly intelligent, self-aware animal and very social (they not only use their skin for camouflage but also communication)

[@mixedcryptoarts3579]

Can unscrew containers

[@miketyson8933]

Being able to fit through small spaces doesn't make them smart, they stay attached to crab pods and get pulled up, you can catch them easily. They show affection and manuver well doesn't make them smart

[@miketyson8933]

@@mixedcryptoarts3579 That doesn't make them smart, makes them mobile

[@DChrls]

But their love of Kenny G is something that makes you question their intelligence, you must admit.

[@Don-Coyote-De-Transylvania]

Scientist develop invisible camo and someone in the army approved UCP.

[@nicohuman6782]

Wow, animal camouflage does work, as the cuttlefish and octopus changed to squid according to the narrator..

[@PersonalityMalfunction]

The reason militaries went from hi viz to lo viz was the introduction of radio communications. There was no longer a significant need for the commander to see his units with the naked eye as the battle could be directed from afar.

[@elijattack9621]

good point

[@ghoraxe9000]

The Fact that this guy talked about camouflage technology the whole video without mentioning the movie predator blows me away XD

[@sh-zn4wm]

you clearly don't know what a squid is.....good video none the less

[@manofthehour5580]

Even the most advanced technology can't stop the fact that bullets don't discriminate.

[@oldsoldier181]

I think we are over engineering here. The human eye CAN detect colors that dont look right, but the most important detection, that our eyes are set up for, is movement. The second, is depth differences. The first, we cannot help, as, well, we must move. The second-and this was true when I went to a camo design school in the 1980s-we see the outline more than anything else. All these patterns are designed to try and minimize the outline. But, end of the day-we are still outlines, because our uniforms have solid edges. This is why ghillie suits are so effective, close up AND far away. The frayed strings totally break up the rigid outline of ALL uniforms, regardless of colors. When the lines are blurred, our eyes dont have a focal point, and its harder to tell distance to an object-or to even detect it if the colors match. There is no forefront/background for comparison, so the eye dismisses it faster. Ultimately, until we either completely disappear, or find an economical, light way to suit everyone up with some sort of ghillie suit, we will continue to have this issue. As an aside, when I was a grunt, we all carried a piece of camo netting. It was maybe 1 foot by 3 feet, give or take. Essentially, it was enough to drape over our heads and shoulders, further breaking up our outlines, and, additionally, we could use it as camo while in the prone, in an ambush, or LP/OP position. Brits used their net scarves in a similar way.

[@Richard-ob5zn]

A lot of this is in use today not in tape form but clothing. Some independent "groups" and clothing makers have made advances in this area. Nothing to do with "Universities". Its usually the guy working by himself trying to solve a problem with his hunting abilities, or people who see the military and police used to bring a tyrannical order on them. They will be the ones who make the break through do to fear or necessity. "Necessity being the mother of all invention."

[@boredatwork7031]

If I remember correctly... Digital camo failed every practical field test against basically every other camo scheme.

[@Monster11B]

Digital worked best for night vision... ACU pattern made soldiers blend in under NVG. But was horrible in daylight desert environment.

[@boredatwork7031]

@@Monster11B okay I was partially right I knew there was some issue like that but couldn't recall the details.

[@AreUmygrandson]

If I remember correctly it was basically a bunch of higher ups forcing the pattern to be used because of the cost of development

[@kentuckyblugrass]

This particular research is absolutely fascinating.

[@foresttaniguchi3168]

I wanted to see an example of what the infrared signature looks like at night using these “stickers”

[@VinylUnboxings]

Literally the only thing that matters lol

[@TheBlackAndDeckerBootyWrecker]

Imagine some kind of "scrambler-device" that'd render you completely invisible to all phone cameras and CCTV; however, not so much to the naked eye.

[@Mattbriggs85]

There probably something like this already. Chinese students win a competition were they've developed clothing that can scamble facial recognition. And there small movable jamming devices that can shut small areas etc.

[@pederschultz3283]

A "gadget" like a "deauther smart watch" can actually do this to some extent.

[@icarus387]

@@Mattbriggs85 Combine that with a optical camosuit and you have a thermoptic camouflage from Ghost in the Shell :).

[@jasonprivately1764]

The tape might be useful and not easily reversed engineered if the tape had a decay rate for the properties involved and biodegradable by water or perhaps a solution of a chemical process. It might be made to only be activated when pulled from the roll thereby automatically initiating its rate of decay

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Some kind of oxidisation process type thing yes, Whilst on the roll it isn't exposed to air so doesn't react.

[@jasonprivately1764]

@@OldNavajoTricks exactly

[@Realcjs]

Infrared can be defeated with camo poncho made out of emergency blanket material

[@andrewhendricks4629]

Great show as always

[@danohanlon8316]

The enemy of camouflage is movement. Given you’re in an environment that at all resembles your fatigues-eve if they are just plain green-as long as you remain stock still you will be hard to spot. But move even a hand and you’re done.

[@ZombieGrandpa]

Very true.

[@geoffhughes225]

Concealment knowledge is the key. Camauflage is merely a tool to assist concealment

[@jesseraina1614]

First camo was about blending in to yours terrain than it was to not create any light or glare. Then it was and currently is about all of that plus hiding yourselves and you're weapons head signatures from night vision and radars. Next or classifed is invisibility like the earliest strategy bending light around a person or object making the object or squadron appearing to disappear

[@Hollowdude15]

Man just got to the point so quick and cool video man :]

[@johnrflinn]

The octopus has risen to the occasion for thousands of years in seamless camouflage.

[@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman]

I wonder if they're testing this crap up here in the mountains. I swear something like this ran by me one day.

[@kentneumann5209]

There are people who report similar experiences. Whatever the creature is, it has the ability to move swiftly through tree tops as well as on the ground. The very few accounts I've read about have been in comments sections of Bigfoot channels. Etc. An unknown cryptid.

[@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman]

@@kentneumann5209 Wasn't no sasquatch this was small.

[@TopSecretVid]

The Germans had carbon embedded in to some of their camo uniforms late in ww2..very cool. They also had the Vampyre night scopes..

[@Joe3pops]

5:00 Camoflage face paint. Ghee! That's some kind of breakthrough technology! LOL

[@m.asquino7403]

These videos are great!

[@ZombieGrandpa]

The US Army has been in possession of fully adaptable suits for quite some time. These suits do require a power source, but the source is apparently of minimal weight and able to be carried by a solider. The suit works by displaying the light from behind to the front and vice versa. Unless the solider moves, you could literally trip over them. If they remain still, they are, for all practical purposes, invisible. The material has already been adapted to vehicles as well. Tanks are now able to disappear from the visual spectrum and it has been demonstrated that their thermal signatures can be channeled just as their visible spectrum is. Their are rumors this has been applied to helicopters using quiet rotors and muffled engines. They are only detectable via the air flow upon grass and trees while landing. This may be how Ukrainians are able to get so close to Russian bases far behind the lines. The cover is that "museum pieces" of old Russian cruise missiles were converted to attack targets deep behind Russian lines. But if the US is secretly testing these secret designs by carting Ukrainian strike teams deep into the Russian rear, this would explain much. Personally, the Ukrainians may have gotten a few old cruise missiles converted to attack craft, but when one looks at how many incidents of attacks that are a hundred miles\kilometers behind Russian lines... well the number of "antique" cruise missiles would need to be phenomenally high. I think it far more likely that experimental\secret craft are being flown by American volunteers who have their ID changed to Ukrainian and then use these quiet and invisible helicopters to take UKR special forces far behind the lines to cause many a mishap. Look at what keeps burning in Russia. Fuel facilities, weapons manufacturing, and munitions facilities that allow the regimen in Russia to make war are primary targets. How else to explain the sheer number of these events in Russia itself? Are the Russian people really picking just the right manufacturing and commodity storage facilities that are crippling the Russian supply chain? If a Russian citizen were caught sabotaging vital supply and communication assets, they would face a slow torture of themselves and their entire family, their friends and even the family dog. Russia is not a free nation. Putin is from the largest terror organization in the world, otherwise known as the KGB. They specialize in keeping populations under control via the use of state terror. The KGB has taught these methods to most of the Arab radicals and this is why so many countries in the Orient are still so brutal to this day. No my friends, something else is going on here and we may never know. If Russia could prove the US was doing this, what a coup that would be. The Americans involved have strict orders NOT to be taken alive and to make sure their helicopter is destroyed if the mission goes South. Gary Powers was supposed to activate demolition charges in his U2 spy plane, but ejected before setting the charges. These charges would have blown his plane into tiny bits, assuring that the top secret devices did not survive. The plane itself would likely have been blown to smithereens too. This would have left no piece bigger than the size of pocket change for the Russians to ID. Powers himself knew his fate was to be charged with spying- and that he may never return alive to the US. The US could have simply said he flew off course or even was kidnapped as a false flag by Russia to cause trouble. (Something the Russian's excelled at.) These are unique and dedicated men both in Ukraine and from America- may God bless and protect them all. May this stupid war of ego end soon. People are dying by the hundreds of thousands just to satisfy one egomaniacs desire to "relive the glory days of the Soviet Union. I had so hoped that Russia would choose freedom over brutality, rights over power and good over evil. But once again we see the brutal nature of the Russian people to both themselves and their "enemies." They were doing so well, becoming a part of the free word and Europe. Standards of living, after an initial shakeup, were on the rise. Investments from companies all over the word were making life better and giving jobs to the people. And then Putin came to power. He stopped military cooperation with the West. He decided to keep a massive military that was only good for offense. (You don't need a giant conventional force when you have nukes.) And he brought about the worst form of cronyism, making handfuls of people super rich- and loyal to him.... And then he was elected "Dictator for Life." The Russian people prefer strength over freedom it seems. The choose brutality over forgiveness and would rather be feared than loved... Such a terrible tragedy. Will it end in atomic death on a mass scale? Well at this point if Putin simply had a heart attack or stroke, things can only get better... I hate to wish that upon anyone, but Putin has become a "little Stalin" and needs to go. He won't ever leave unless forced to- or death claims him. It is unlikely any of his inner circle will try a coup attempt. For just like Saddam Hussein, they are all complicit in their evils. They know that if Putin goes, so do they. This is why we see no assentation attempts... We can only commit the situation to God- and continue to help Ukraine.

[@misssummersalt]

Uh huh...ok buddy.

[@Warhawk76]

That's quite a rant, and some of it was even good.

[@cris-vv1pn]

Wonted bit off information Not read a book

[@ZombieGrandpa]

@@Warhawk76 Thank you. Most kind. As you know, complicated things take a bit to explain. There is a lot in there, but it is all related. Personally, I think the Russian army has always been a bit of a "paper bear." Many of their units were lower in capability that US National Guard. And Russian equipment is always inferior. They literally were dropping messages from helicopters to motorcyclist, who when then deliver to orders to whoever it was addressed to. Radios were difficult to come by in Russia- and still are. So it seems all the more possible that with a military that's been a lot like a hollow chocolate bunny at Easter, confusion reigns. The Russian's have no good command structure and no way to efficiently and securely pass information to command. Even if a unit heard or saw something, by the time it got to C&C - if it ever did- the data is so old it is worthless. This is why I suspect Ukrainians are working with the US and likely the British to run operations deep into Russia. The Russians have no way to counter these platforms and keep getting surprised by attacks deep into their interior. Expect more as this stupid war drags on...

[@ZombieGrandpa]

@@cris-vv1pn Well friend, this is not Russia- no one forces you to read it. But in my opinion, there is so much going on that a ten second soundbite worth of explanation is a disservice. I do have a tendency to be longwinded, but this is because I want people to understand the entire point. Difficult to do in a sentence or two.

[@MrTraveler33]

This is the closest I have seen also to the bullet proof armor in the late 1980’s that reflected the skin and features to the surface while being very thin and taking rifle and hand gun shots to the head and the person just needing some recharge knock out time.

[@kentuckywindage222]

I have some experimental armor tech from the 60's. It's ability to stop high power rifle rounds although heavy is amazing. As an officer my Chief and I test the panels shaped to the body front and rear. A point blank 30-06 didn't leave as much as a bulge. This is not a metal material. Thickness is less than ½ an inch. It is O.D. green in color with plates and carrier. It was mentioned on one KZbin channel but no one had a sample of it. I did contact the host with some conversation about the item. If this was in the 60's, today we have some very high tech products.

[@hazonku]

@@snesnshred3535This is why you compartmentalize production. Never make anything you aren't willing to lose under a single roof. It keeps the Congressional fat cats happy with little earmarks in the defense budget for their respective districts, and it ensures that something can't be compromised by a single spy or hack. Ask any machinist & they'll tell you they or someone they know has done all sorts of government contracts where they don't tell you shit. You just get dimensions, maybe tolerances, and you don't know what you're making or what it is for. All you know is the money is good. LOL.

[@Cavemankind_]

I wish this video actually showed the artifact itself. This tech already exists, and is currently in use by our military.

[@icarus387]

It's only a matter of time before we figure out and develop invisibility camouflage that can be worn as a garment or a cloaking device in the future. But I wonder to what extent will we have a cloaking device depicted in the Predator or Ghost Recon future soldier?

[@kristopherleslie8343]

They already had that back in 88

[@chanvalentine8283]

Rule of thumb is if something is new, the military had it from corporate contractors 15yrs earlier. The US utilizes entertainment media to disclose what they have. From what I've run across in fringe science the Army had Predator type camo by the mid 70's. IMO non science mind they probably had it even before then.

[@jerryhardee3370]

Look up military invisibility cloak

[@seanarmstrong7767]

The Philadelphia experiment

[@hazonku]

We're a ways away from wearables like that but you can totally just bend light around plastic sheets with plastics formed into a ridge patterned surface. Think cheap holograms that have different images depened on which angle you look at it. Turns out if you make those sheets large enough and bend them you can just pass light completely around an object. Looks like a blobby version of whatever is behind the object. It's not great but it works fine at about 100m or more.

[@relaxingnature2617]

That was not a squid ..that was an octopus 5:14

[@matthewblanc]

Squids aren’t clever creatures? You’re cancelled.

[@alexsmart5452]

Seems like I remember my NBC MOPP suit defeating thermal scopes during field training/exercise. And Mylar tarps/blankets doing it as well.

[@crownhic6827]

A piece of plastic from an old big screen tv works too. Seriously

[@hf117j]

Different concept entirely. The biggest key to camo is breaking up your silhouette. I have looked into every solution I can think of. Thermally activated paints. Fiber optic plate armour. And yes. Quantum stealth's party trick. (Excluding the greenscreens and such because they only work with editing) They all have serious flaws. Thermally activated paints makes you a big target for FLIR unless you can design it to change to the environmental camo scheme reliably at the usual outdoor temperature. Meaning you go to a desert and whatever you have painted goes to tans. When you go to a forest, greens and browns. City block, greys and blacks. But places like colorado are way too inconsistent for that to work without using higher temperatures and that means using a decent power source as well as needing an environmental control unit in what you're wearing. Making it a bulky suit. Fiber optic needs enough space inside the armour to wrap around whatever is wearing it. Strong light sources will rat you out unless you use an additional layer of dimming film. If you can get your hands on the right stuff that would mean you only need to power the dimming layer but at best you'll be a walking transparent shadow like when you move fast while cloaked in halo reach. (While bulky, I believe this to be the best end product so far, though no machine exists to weave the strands between plates, also the best on power consumption for a wearable solution). The reason the lenticular lense solution isn't adopted by militaries is simple. It is way too bulky, and not wearable. Someone has to carry it. While it does block the spectrums needed, it's in part due to the fact that it needs to be kept away from the body of the user. On top of that, anyone who has seen the videos on youtube or anywhere else can identify the silhouette immediately and open fire. Thermally activated paints has the best visual result but worst flir result. Fiber optics have the best visual result and not a bad flir result, as there are shadows virtually everywhere to break up the silhouette of another shadow, and it requires minimal power. The shield method is... it's ok at a long distance. But if you get within a football field you'll be able to see it easily. The first one you'll hear the cooling fans. The 2nd you could probably get right up on it and not know if the wearer knows what they're doing about glare, especially in a forest area where the lighting and shadows are extremely diverse. As for the one in the video. It's wearable, light, and effective against infrared but needs some SERIOUS training to get it to do much optically

[@kentneumann5209]

Great for starting fires too.

[@Taphfy]

Rorschach's test inkblots, larger, smaller, overlapping, different colors, and different heat signatures is what I am talking about with Malcom Nance in counter espionage and sniper gear. (Vehicles too😉)* *That instant where the oppo stops and thinks about 'what do you see?' is enough to pop 2 rounds off

[@bf945]

That octopus has great camouflage as the narrator keeps calling it a squid.

[@pareshprajapati7916]

Thank you 😊

[@pascual1751]

It's well known that the invisibility cloak has been in existence for a very long time that's how people go missing in the forest that's how you hear of these creepy stories cuz something out there has this.

[@entertainmentplushd]

I think they develop these kinds of things like having a complete screen suit and cam installed on the back which shows a real time background in front , but still that need smart batteries reliable screen suit

[@bjmartin5225]

Liked this very very much .

[@damdampapa]

@3:38 Chameleons don't change colours to camouflage themselves with their surrounding. They change colour for communicate their "feelings/status".

[@cantdriveslo]

Showing the same clips over and over again while talking about this innovative invisibility cloak is really making me a believer

[@lancasterbristow9410]

Best optical camouflage could be the development of light bending device that could render the unit totally invisible to the naked eye or video equipment. However the unit may be visible in other sophisticated sensory device.

[@miketyson8933]

This guy's voice is awesome! Best narration voice on KZbin!!! I know he was a legit Special Forces and after that Secret Service he worked protecting JFK Jr!

[@cfalletta7220]

That’s awesome great video 👍

[@disasterincarnate]

wasnt there an old (and probably abandoned) british research project which was pretty much something like a regular set of dpm clothing but with heat retaining properties so your body heat couldnt escape, therefore not get detected. Obviously this probably overheated/cooked the poor person inside, but if they could fix that overheat issue then that lower tech solution could still be as useful.

[@kingjaffe321]

Once this camouflage technology has been developed there will be studies to find out how to detect it but it will buy us some time before it’s obsolete.

[@MrGunderfly]

i know that you are probably not a biologist. however it does not take a biologist to know the difference between a squid and an octopus. there are some squid, (as well as octopus) that demonstrate chromatophore based camouflage or other types of social or defense signaling.. but the most detailed, amazing, and effective camouflage of this kind, is that of the octopus you display in your vid while talking about it as a squid. also these octopus are quite clever, contrary to another statement you make.

[@robertmaybeth3434]

Well this is fascinating cutting edge stuff. Inviso-power like the Predator?! Obviously a giant advantage. Now if we can breed the giant squids, teach them to walk on land and attack - "squids - advance! into battle!"

[@gillwilson7342]

They have these things figured out already years ago problem is how you incorporate this into regular military uniforms without the possibility of it being confiscated by the enemy off of our KIA soldiers it would have to be used in DEV or teir 1 teams this is high level game changing tech they always reveal there findings but always act as tho they are not completely done with it or dumb the product down trust me this kind of tech can be abused..

[@carlrogers8678]

The Predator will be jealous.

[@tjaydagreat]

They already have this technology in the military. The military is 50 to 100 years ahead of our technology.

[@stinkymccheese8010]

It’ll bring new meaning to the phrase, “Going Commando”.

[@antr7493]

[@user-zd9cz1lq6b]

as an octopus, im offended.

[@Rickoshay]

Shape, heat, and movement. Three main obstacles. Real-time duplication of the image and lighting on the opposite side of an object and rendering it on the closest surface to the viewer will create an invisibility suit or cloak. One day, intelligent inks and thin film screens will be able to do this. Imagine a suit that is a 'tv' screen with hundreds of minute cameras integrared into the screen, relaying the reversed image from the opposite side. There will be a slight lag effect when moving - much like the effect in the movie Predator. The material will also be able to reduce the thermal output of the wearer. This could easily be applied to vehicles and buildings.

[@amaccama3267]

That was bloody cool 😎.

[@arnieroo]

The Octopus is actually very clever

[@digger105337]

Pentagon project at 8:14 " An expensive and disposable product" 🤣

[@FishandHunt]

Says 'squid' 10 times and shows an octopus each time 🦑🐙😊

[@BlueBaron3x7]

It the 80's in the UK Combat Jackets had some form of material that had thermal damping in it.

[@mythmaker6]

Could the sticky tape, be woven into fabric? If it could be turned into a thin fibre and produce the same effect it wouldn't have to be applied in a pinch, but already have it within existing uniform?

[@themadasshatter1088]

I've heard people say online they've seen shapes that look like predator when he's invisible. If they weren't smoking something I wouldn't doubt they've been working on developing those.

[@GordonjSmith1]

Umm I counted only three 'squid' and all the rest were Octopus', and Octopus are indeed considered 'intelligent'.. However this was interesting. My thanks.

[@carloscortes5570]

Thats the most amazing octopus looking squid I've ever seen.

[@OneOfAMine]

GREAT STUFF

[@geizhals0815]

you underestimate the intelligence of octopus way far.

[@crustydribblins]

If they can graft an ear on a dish, they can graft an octopus on a helmet. Use what nature already invented in its finished tissue form.

[@flyingnorseman]

Squid are scary smart.

[@TheDarthSoldier]

Lol the ACU never worked. It actually stood out like a sore thumb to anyone who wasn't blind

[@RespectMyAuthoritaah]

Yea, squid while showing pictures of octopuses. Well done Sir. Well done indeed.

[@johnrice6793]

Perhaps you meant octopus?

[@hazonku]

Squid camo, so good it wasn't even in the video.

[@walterF205]

I think I've already had a tape of this type at home for a long time. I think, but I can't find it anymore, damn it, it must have activated.

[@leester9487]

Hi tech camo material so good, none of it appeared in this video. amazing!

[@meditationsoundscapes5203]

Dark Film crew at aquarium. "can we film a squid" "no but we a have a nice goldfish

[@lcarus42]

The tape would be good for equipment, but you best bet they got a way to weave that into the fabric of their uniforms...

[@emiliomartinez7573]

Why can’t they just wear the camo stickers under their uniforms? Wouldn’t it make them unseen from thermos and still be camouflaged by their regular camo uniform.

[@poz21983]

So basically soldiers gonna run around with squids taped to themselves

[@richardnolan27]

Squid beat me in a game of chess and then stole my truck I think they’re pretty clever!

[@patrickharding8851]

talks about squids, and shows an octopus... really?

[@oldhawker]

soldier running around naked with floating armament

[@DeliriantOne]

this guy calling octopus stupid while refering to them as squid basically means this is the last video of theirs i will watch.