The Research of Stealth Tank Composed of Tiles

Published:2011/9/15 4:37:00 Author:Li xiao na From:SeekIC

We always can see the company websites on the side of drinks cans or on adverts. Now，the QR codes is the fuzzy squares of data that can be scanned with a smart phone. The covert information can be sent by the QR code.

The technology called Adaptiv is developed by Defence firm BAE Systems, which applies hexagonal tiles that can change temperature to hide or even disguise a tank’s infrared signature. UK, BAE demonstrated how input from a tank’s on-board software can heat or cool the individual tiles to either hide the vehicle from enemy infrared sensors at the defence industry exhibition in London, UK, BAE.

Every tile can be individually heated or cooled, so the system also can disguise the other objects, such as a car or a pile of rocks.

Embedded in seconds of the flick of a switch, some of the tiles are sensitive to the touch. The word "Adaptiv" shown by the camera was now visible across the vehicle’s flank. The white of the letter means it was hotter than its surroundings. The tank’s own on-board thermal camera can also be used to take a picture of the background heat signature of a particular location and then feed it to the software that controls the temperature of the tiles - helping the tank match its background, and effectively disappear from view.

Moreover, the tiles could even be used to communicate by using them like pixels to spell out coded messages in the form of a QR code, because a number of available pre-set patterns can be stored on board the tank’s computer system. 1500 tiles will be carried when the technology is used for real by the military, while the only 400 tiles are used by the demonstration tank.

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