What is a Ruse de Guerre?

Introduction The French ruse de guerre, sometimes literally translated as ruse of war, is a non-uniform term; generally what is understood by “ruse of war” can be separated into two groups. The first classifies the phrase purely as an act of military deception against one’s opponent; the second emphasizes acts against one’s opponent by creative,… Read More

Cloak & Dagger: Mice, Snakes & Invisibility!

An invisibility cloak built for a mouse could hide warm bodies from predators with thermal vision (in this case crotaline a boid snakes), and could scale up to hide humans from heat-seeking missiles. Reference Shen, L., Zheng, B., Liu, Z., Wang, Z., Lin, S., Dehdashti, S., Li, E. & Chen, H. (2015) Large-Scale Far-Infrared Invisibility Cloak… Read More