Students in China have reportedly created an “invisibility cloak” that disguises the wearer from security cameras.
It is designed to disguise the user from cameras monitored by artificial intelligence.
The coat uses a pattern to blind the cameras during the day, and puts out strange heat signals at night to confuse the AI monitor.
It’s supposedly indistinguishable from a normal coat, and doesn’t hide anybody from a human observer.
“Nowadays, many surveillance devices can detect human bodies,” Professor Wang Zheng told the SCMP.
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“Cameras on the road have pedestrian detection functions and smart cars can identify pedestrians, roads and obstacles.
“Our InvisDefence allows the camera to capture you, but it cannot tell if you are human.”
A single coat equipped with this technology would cost only 500 yuan (about $105) to make, the students who invented it estimate.
Wang said the coat could have military applications, including avoiding detection from drones.
