Japanese Scientists edge closer to making world of 'Ghost in the Shell' a reality
Japanese scientists are developing technologies inspired by the anime 'Ghost in the Shell,' including optical camouflage and wearable robotic arms. These projects aim to explore human-machine integration and future cyborg societies.
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Becoming invisible and uploading human consciousness may sound like something out of the world of the famed cyberpunk anime and manga series "Ghost in the Shell," but two Japanese scientists are working to turn such science fiction concepts into reality.
Wearing a cloak made of retroreflective material, Masahiko Inami, a professor at the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, appears to blend into his surroundings as a projector displays an image of the background behind him onto the cloak.
Drawing on a concept featured in the science fiction series known as "thermoptic camouflage," which allows characters to blend into their surroundings, Inami has developed a technology he calls "optical camouflage."
The material, which gives the cloak its apparent invisibility, reflects incoming light back toward its source.
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