There are some reports that researchers from BAE Systems suggest using E Ink displays to camouflage tanks (they call it e-camouflage). The idea is that you place a flexible display on the tank and using video cameras on the back you can display what's behind the tank. If you do it all around the vehicle - it becomes sort of invisible. They say that this technology can be ready in 5 years.
This is actually an old idea. I remember there were discussions of using flexible OLED displays (and this was back in 1999 or so...).
Posted: Jan 15,2011 by Ron Mertens