The race to make invisibility technology is on.  Invisibility, mostly known as a plot device in fiction, may soon become a reality and through some interesting implementations, could actually serve as a useful feature in product design.
Japanese researchers are utilizing advanced camera and projection technology to make obstacles appear invisible.  By simply projecting the background image onto a highly reflective surface, the researches can effectively turn something invisible.  The researchers have already created a coat that utilizes this technology, but a more useful application has been their prototype car door and dashboard that reveals the road behind the surfaces.  This [...]