Comments on: How to Make a Transparent Mouse with a Few Simple Ingredients

By: John Sousthual

John Sousthual — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:26:49 +0000

Invisible spy? Haha, well it doesnt work like that.. it does makes the tissue transparent, but not a 100% as you can se.. but more importantly it doesnt stop the light from being refracted, wich means its not invissible… If you have ever seen a glass sculpture you see that its very very far from invisible, because light rays are always bent in a medium unless it has the exact same reftactory constant as the medium its in, in this case air… SO far no solid material can be made like this.. so invisible man is more likely gonna be produces by some kind of technology (suite) recording incoming light, calculating the angels etc, and then emmit light from correct points.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:42:19 +0000

If we’re able to study and replicate every connection in the human brain, what is there to stop us creating a replacement? Transferring consciousness? Am I reading too much into the fantastic possibilities of understanding every connection.

By: Jennifer Angela

Jennifer Angela — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:08:22 +0000

In the name of the safety of teeenage girls, I hope Chris meant a women´s locker room.

By: Jennifer Angela

Jennifer Angela — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:58:03 +0000

I was thinking the same myself, Ed. It looks like we are just one step away from creating the invisible man (like Chevy Chase in the movie). I wonder if there will be an invisible woman too. But all jokes aside. I´ve got to say this article is one of the most fascinating ones and one of the best of all articles I´ve read in a long time! An inspiring discovery has been described in a truly interesting way! Moments like these make me recommend discover to all (educated) people I know! Where else do you get to read fascinating things AND comment on them anytime you like?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:12:45 +0000

@Durant S.
Antifreeze can be a couple of things. Ethylene glycol is used in automotive applications but is pretty toxic to living tissues. Glycerol (which is naturally occurring) is used to preserve tissues below 0 Celsius otherwise when frozen the ice crystals would make your biological sample into mush.

By: Reasearcher

Reasearcher — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:35:19 +0000

@Listener 43- just read your blog dude.. You might wanna research things a little harder before you go posting BS on your blog . Even of they COULD do this with live tissue, there’s no way a semi-transparent man would make a great spy.. If anything he’d stick out like a sore thumb.. Look @ the pic above ^^ is the mouse invisible? I didn’t think so

By: Durant S.

Durant S. — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:33:13 +0000

Is glycerol used in antifreeze ? I always thought that antifreeze was ethylene glycol.

By: Abizar

Abizar — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:21:56 +0000

So what is the recipe, how much urea, triton and glycerol?

By: Listener 43

Listener 43 — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:43:58 +0000

While this is quite a discovery, there are many potential abuses, as I’ve written about here:
http://iheardacouplethings.blogspot.com/2011/09/threat-of-transparency.html

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:59:52 +0000

So if I fill my bathtub up with that and soak for a few weeks will you be able to see through me? I’d like to sneak into the girl’s locker room :-P

By: Pat Bowne

Pat Bowne — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:55:54 +0000

Wow! Is it suitable for clearing and staining for osteology, or does it also clear the bones? I got good results with the old KOH/trypsin procedure, but it’s always fun to try something new. Is this compatible with cartilage or nerve staining, as well?

By: John M. Tax

John M. Tax — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:49:55 +0000

I’d sure like to know more about what causes the light to reflect vs shoot through and what needs to be done to cause the transparency.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:30:50 +0000

Invisible man, here I come!