Squid May Help Make Soldiers Invisible

Squid May Help Make Soldiers Invisible: "For decades, military scientists have tried to figure out the best way to make things disappear, or at least hide them very well.

Members of the U.S. Army's First Earth Battalion hoped to bend physics and render themselves invisible, when they weren't trying to kill goats by staring at them. The British Ministry of Defense's Future Protected Vehicle project wants top tech companies to create an invisible tank, possibly using cameras and reflective screens, to use for patrols in Afghanistan.

But researchers working for the U.S. Navy have found a more down-to-earth -- down-to-sea, in fact -- inspiration in the search for stealth: squid."