Newsflash! None Blacker

[Tig]

Vantablack: The Darkest Material in the World
Surrey Nanosystems created a material so dark, no detectable light can escape it- it is the darkest known material in the world.

https://interestingengineering.com/darkest-material-world

 

[Guitar Heel]

I can see the face in...both sides.

 

[Tig]

I can see the face in...both sides.

 

[Chad]

It does looks like black leather.

 

[335clone]

Yeah, but can you buy it in gallon cans like MH2200?

 

[mongooz]

wicked good for night ops clothing

stand in a shadow and the search light could shine directly on you and they wouldn't see a thing.

edit: i need several yards of that shit. where do i get it??!!??

 

[reverend1]

Vantablack: The Darkest Material in the World
Surrey Nanosystems created a material so dark, no detectable light can escape it- it is the darkest known material in the world.

https://interestingengineering.com/darkest-material-world

So it’s like a black hole?

 

[mongooz]

So it’s like a black hole?

not exactly. the light not "getting out" part, yea.
the how is totally different.
massive gravity vs. massive dispersion.

 

[VoidTerraFirma]

I think Imma pass on “night ops” with Mongooz

 

[TomcatMF]

Spinal Tap should use that for their album cover.

 

[Guitar Heel]

Is this how "stealth" paint works?

 

[mongooz]

Is this how "stealth" paint works?

it's how the new stealth coatings are going to work

 

[rickenvox]

kind of creepy


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[Jbird]

wicked good for night ops clothing

stand in a shadow and the search light could shine directly on you and they wouldn't see a thing.

edit: i need several yards of that shit. where do i get it??!!??

I'm no expert, but I've heard that dark gray is better than black for that sort of thing

 

[mongooz]

I'm no expert, but I've heard that dark gray is better than black for that sort of thing

not when the "black" completely and totally absorbs all light shown on it. and reflects zero.
(did you watch the vid?)

 

[Chad]

wicked good for night ops clothing

stand in a shadow and the search light could shine directly on you and they wouldn't see a thing.

edit: i need several yards of that shit. where do i get it??!!??

So when they are shinning the spotlight and then it hits a person sized spot where the light disappears they won’t think anything’s up?

 

[mongooz]

So when they are shinning the spotlight and then it hits a person sized spot where the light disappears they won’t think anything’s up?

yea....if you're standing out in the middle of a mowed field.
i said "standing in the shadows"....of like the woods.

 

[Chad]

yea....if you're standing out in the middle of a mowed field.
i said "standing in the shadows"....of like the woods.

 

[Jbird]

yea....if you're standing out in the middle of a mowed field.
i said "standing in the shadows"....of like the woods.

What about when you walk in the shadows?

 

[DFB]

yea....if you're standing out in the middle of a mowed field.
i said "standing in the shadows"....of like the woods.

I get it. It's one of these.