MetaFilter posts tagged with camouflage

When terrorists attack Office Depot, we'll be ready!

educatedslacker — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:53:50 -0800

Urban Camouflage deals with the question how to camouflage oneself and one’s identity in the urban space. Our costumes are inspired by the «ghillie suits», the military camouflage suit. It was an adventure to wear the suit in the stores because of the conflicts with the employees, the reaction of the customers and also to see the pretty well camouflage effect in a real situation.

Camouflage art

Kattullus — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:36:33 -0800

Two artists that paint humans so that they blend into their surroundings: Liu Bolin and Emma Hack (click 'body art' and then 'exhibitions' to get into the image galleries)

Very cool camouflage photographs

cerebus19 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:39:51 -0800

Desiree Palmen makes some really neat camouflage photographs. via

When the pen, brush, and record were mightier than the sword

rtha — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:35:10 -0800

Ellsworth Kelley, Bill Blass, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and a host of lesser known but equally talented painters, designers, sound engineers and actors served together during World War II in the Ghost Army – the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, a unit whose existence remained an official secret until 1996. German soldiers referred to them as the "Phantom Army," because one moment they were in one place, and the next, they were attacking their flanks or from the rear. Together, they made rubber tanks and fake Jeeps; their changing unit insignia were designed to fool spies and allied units alike. They recorded the sounds of Allied units building bridges or moving troops and broadcast them from special sound trucks, leading the Germans to conclude that the U.S. Army had more troops in more places than it did. "Guys drew, or painted, all the time," documenting their lives, the lives of their fellow soldiers, and that of the local populations in wartime Europe.

Armless Hunters

dios — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:24:34 -0800

Armless Hunters They hunt without arms.

All octopus, all the time

Turtles all the way down — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:58:44 -0800

Octopus escaping through one inch hole. Octopus eats shark. Camouflaged octopus. Octopus attacks mini-sub. (Google videos)

Camouflage cell towers

adzm — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 00:46:01 -0800

Camouflage Cell Towers hidden in trees, buildings, and crosses.

Walking octopuses

dov3 — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:06:30 -0800

Camouflaged and Walking octopuses Octopus marginatus and Octopus (Abdopus) aculeatus, that walk along the seafloor using two alternating arms and apparently use the remaining six arms for camouflage.

Invisibility cloak!

iffley — Mon, 14 Jun 2004 09:32:29 -0800

Invisibility cloak! "The idea is very simple. If you project background image onto the masked object, you can observe the masked object just as if it were virtually transparent". The Optical Camouflage page has more applications and video of a (nearly) invisible man. (First seen in Time's coolest of 2003)

Rook! I'm Invisibir!

jonson — Wed, 05 Feb 2003 13:14:53 -0800

Japanese create "invisible" cloak. Well, not really. Technically, just a two sided cloak, the front of which is a projector, and the back of which is a camera. Only works, one would imagine, if you're looking at a person straight on, and even then it would help if you were partially blind, or at the very least, raised in the wilderness & easily fooled by modern technology.

kokogiak — Tue, 29 May 2001 23:00:13 -0800

Shaggies - No, it's not a "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters" costume, it only looks that way. Just the thing for the Dad or Grad on your list who wants to look like a shambling mound of leaves for that special occasion. Be sure to check their home page for a great group shot. (Even available for pets)