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News
2006-2008
During the latter part of 2006 Richard
Schowengerdt was interviewed in depth by Robert Guffey,
a Professor at California
State University,
Long Beach.
The article documenting this interview
entitled “To
See The Invisible Man”
was published in the March 2007 editon of
UFO Magazine.
The history of Project Chameleo in
relationship to other professed inventors
of “invisibility”
technologies was explored in depth during this interview.
2005
A paper
entitled "Innovations
In Electro-Optical Camouflage - PROJECT CHAMELEO" was presented by
Richard Schowengerdt at the Military Sensing Symposia (MSS), Specialty Group
on Camouflage, Concealment & Deception at the SPARWAR Facility, Charleston, S.C.
on 14 February 2005. A similar but especially tailored presentation was
provided to the Strategic Studies Group, Chief of Naval Operations, on 2
March 2005 in Anaheim to assist them in the investigation of technologies
that could become a reality by the year 2025 to aid in the global war against
terrorism. . Richard received an
outstanding letter of thanks from the Director, CNO SSG, dated March 26, 2005
CNO SSG LTR.gif.
Recently the climate has changed with regard to
military views toward the feasibility of adaptive camouflage. Both the
Army and the Navy have recently expressed an interest in Project Chameleo.
This change of perspective can be largely attributed to the recent
advancements in sensor and display technology coupled with the degree of security
and control that could be exerted upon the cloaking system using embedded
advanced microprocessors in one integrated "smart skin" covering
the object.
2004 And Older
Freedom of Information Act (F.O.I.A.)
Investigations
Questant Enterprises under the direction
of its owner, Richard N. Schowengerdt, and through his attorney has recently
launched a very aggressive investigation under the F.O.I.A. - 5 U.S.C. 552 to
determine which agencies and contractors within the Department of Defense
have utilized Project Chameleo technology within the past ten years, most
likely infringing upon Patent No. 5,307,162 Cloaking Using Electro-Optical
Camouflage issued on 26 April 1994.
Questant Enterprises has
been directed to the Department of the Army where is is suspected that a
chameleon-like suit capable of adapting to the background as part of their
"Futuristic Soldier" Program is being developed. There are
also underground reports coming out that adaptive camouflage is being tested
in Area 51 which have not yet been corroborated.
Setting The Record Straight
Although Questant Enterprises
pioneered in electro-optical and optoelectronic adaptive camouflage as early
as 1992 there have been several newcomers into this field who have completely
ignored the prior art presented by R. N. Schowengerdt, Dr. Felix Schweizer,
and Dr. Lev Berger. These newcomers have either not taken the time to
search the Internet and provide proper credit to Schowengerdt, Schweizer, and
Berger or deliberately ignored the prior art and presented their concepts and
designs as if they were the original inventors of "adaptive
camouflage." Several examples of this gross negligence of proper
academic protocol are shown below and in the new PROJECT CHAMELEO HISTORY
Section below.
A so-called
"discovery" of Project Chameleo type technology has also recently
been reported in Japan by
Professor Susumu Tachi of Tokyo
University .
Invisible Man
Fortunately there are astute individuals such as the
notable patent attorney Mr. Lawrence A. Husick, Esq.,
who corrected Time Magazine on their failure to provide proper credit to
Richard N. Schowengerdt.
Mr. Husick's message to Time Magazine is shown below.
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Date: 11/10/03 8:03 AM
Received: 11/10/03 8:07 AM
From: Lawrence
A.Husick, Lawrence@LawHusick.com
To: letters@time.com
Editor, TIME Magazine
Sir:
As a patent attorney, I read your new inventions feature with much
interest. One item, however, is neither new, nor properly
credited. The Invisible Man"
camouflage system is the subject of U.S. Patent 5,307,162, entitled
"Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled
Camouflage" issued to to Richard Schowengerdt on April 26, 1994.
Regrettably, errors such as yours, in crediting Susumu Tachi, Masahiko Inami
and Naoki Kawakami are often responsible for patent litigation that could
have been avoided by conducting a simple search of the "prior
art." This invention has been
featured on our Law Firm website under
Interesting Inventions" since 1999.
Lawrence A.
Husick
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In view of the above developments Questant Enterprises
has found it necessary to "set the record straight"and document the
history of adaptive camouflage below. Questant Enterprises challenges
any and all contenders to step forward and attempt to prove otherwise
by demonstrating earlier work.
PROJECT CHAMELEO HISTORY
In 1992 Questant Enterprises entered into an extensive
dialogue with DARPA (Dr. Thomas Hafer)
and presented an unsolicited proposal involving adaptive electro-optical
camouflage.
Development
of Cloaking System For Electro-Optical Camouflage
Dr. Hafer subsequently pointed out various technical problems that he
felt needed to be solved before a successful implementation
could be realized. Correspondence relative to these developments are on
the below link.
Project
Chameleo Correspondence - Circa 1992 and Later
R. N. Schowengerdt and Dr. Felix Schweizer then performed additional studies
and provided solutions to several of these problems and indicated how mission
scenarios could be designed to avoid more difficult situations.
The landmark presentation below was made in April 1993 during the High
Leverage Technologies Session at
FIESTACROW 93, Enhancing The Value Of Electronic Warfare, in San Antonio,
Texas,
sponsored by the Association Of Old Crows, the world premier society for the
advancement of electronic warfare, and the United States Air Force Joint
Electronic Warfare Center. The full text of the published article
authored by Richard N. Schowengerdt and Dr. Felix Schweizer
has been available for many years for download on this site
in Visioneer format but is now available below in the
more popular Power Point format along
with the original slide presentation.
Project Chameleo - Cloaking Using Electro-Optical
Camouflage- Presentation
Orthogonal Projection Concealment Apparatus, U.S.
Patent 6,333,726
and Mr. Ray M. Alden
Inventricity
In addition, to add insult to injury MGM came out with
the movie
Die Another Day - James Bond
wherein an invisible automobile with "adaptive camouflage" is
mentioned with no prior credit given to the original developers.
Although we understand that use of previously patented concepts in
movies is not a violation of the patent laws,
Questant Enterprises was not consulted and MGM has not answered
correspondence inquiring
about consultants they may have used in the making of this movie.
All of the afore mentioned situations are currently
under investigation in view of the fact that the 1994 Project Chameleo patent
outlining and describing all of these applications clearly precedes that of
the other inventors.
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Dr.
Lev Berger
Dr.
Lev Berger is a well known researcher and author of semiconductor technology
publications and is a regular contributor to physics handbook
revisions. Dr. Berger has provided some very valuable assistance in
expanding the commercial and
industrial
applications of Project Chameleo technology which are described in the
Executive Summary referenced
in
the Project Description. Dr. Berger's facility in Hemet is available for research and testing
of a
wide
variety of products, systems, and materials.
See
his home page at the
California Institute of Electronics and
Materials Science
Video
Tape
An exciting simulation of the Project Chameleo concept as narrated by Bob Fletcher,
investigative reporter, commenting on a TLC Discovery Channel presentation,
is now available. This is part of a full length video tape entitled
"EXOTIC WEAPONS" which may be purchased from Bob Fletcher, P.O. Box 216, Bayview,
ID 83803.
O nly personal checks or money orders are accepted; for a catalog of products
or other questions contact Mr. Fletcher at: news@bobfletcher.info.
Below
is an excerpt from this tape illustrating the Project Chameleo concept:
Invisible Warrior 2025
This page was updated on 10 April 2008
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