Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by exabrial on Saturday September 14, 2019 @10:54PM
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Painting your car in it to avoid lidar
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Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by stedaniels on Sunday September 15, 2019 @02:28AM
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Because you want to make it easier for people and autonomous vehicles to crash into you?
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by EGreg on Saturday September 14, 2019 @11:04PM
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Haha would this even be legal?
Nevermind - it’s not even feasible
https://www.quora.com/Lets-say-Im-a-rich-racer-who-wants-to-...
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by chirau on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:19AM
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It can be done and it is legal. In fact, it has been done...
https://www.bmw.com/en/design/the-bmw-X6-vantablack-car.html
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by wruza on Sunday September 15, 2019 @03:23AM
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With all that flashing and shaking I cannot perceive anything with or without VB. Ads guys today lost their roof completely.
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by BoorishBears on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:00AM
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It can be done for limited production, but it doesn't fully hide from LIDAR
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/bmw-x6-vantablack-paint-c...
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by jdc on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:03AM
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From the CNET article:
>> Typically, the lidar unit can spot things from more than 328 feet away.
>> In this case, the company said the darkest of dark BMWs would need to be about 72 feet away before the lasers and ambient light register the moving black hole.
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by lgats on Sunday September 15, 2019 @08:33PM
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LIDAR is most effective at a distance from the license plate, headlight, and chrome reflective parts of a car. There is a laser absorbing product called VEIL made specifically for reducing these reflections.
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by OrgNet on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @03:50PM
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because that ultra-black looks blue? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tVaJVtxMYE&t=0m11s
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by overcast on Saturday September 14, 2019 @11:56PM
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I can't imagine the temperature of that car after sitting in the sun for an hour.
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by SamReidHughes on Sunday September 15, 2019 @12:07AM
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Basically the same as a 99% absorbent black.
Re:New carbon nanotube-metal hierarchical material is 10x da...
by rightbyte on Sunday September 15, 2019 @04:28AM
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It radiates more too. The steady state temperature of the steel plates will be the same as white paint, right?
I assume the AC has to work a little bit more during driving though.