Revenant – "I'm curious to see if any paranormal sites or groups hear of this and misinterpret it to mean that it's a portal to another dimension or whatever."

Didn't you see the credited reference to Ashley in the IOP's Journal?  It's a done deal!  She just needs to get Barry and Paul from GHI on board which shouldn't be difficult not to mention J&G.  I think they'll swear to anything as we've seen at the Inn.

And yes, I noticed the HP reference from a previous picture as well. 

It may be that this type of research is generally kept under wraps, so we don't have any way of knowing who or what might be working with these ideas.

Back during the Cold War, it was assumed that the then Soviet Union was carrying out many weird and possibly destructive experiments.  Whether true or not, it created the paranoid climate of the fifties and sixties.  There was no doubt that the Soviets were bent on winning the space war and possibly taking more risks than the West would have considered safe.  Now the Soviets have been replaced by the Chinese, and much of the same kind of thinking is being applied to them.  It's a shame because look at the advances in paleontology when Chinese researchers and those from the West got together at the wonderful sites in China.  New species, new theories–sharing knowledge without letting politics get in between can produce marvels.

Frankly, with all the new advances in physics and other branches of science today, it boggles the mind.  Who knows what wonders await us?  This news bears watching.

Bobarino said:

Well, first I don't think the Chinese have replaced the Soviets.   In a poll of Americans taken a few years ago, it was asked something like "Who do you feel is our biggest enemy".  Response:  1 = N. Korea, 2 = France, 3 = China.   (I can find the link to it is anyone is curious about the detail.)    I laughed at #2, but at the time it made sense.  

Back to the technology you mention, I would think Stealth would be the #1 use.   If they could make a Personal version of it, that would like the invisibility cloak (Crap, now you made *ME* make a HP reference).   Others have tried to make an "Invisibility Suit" (http://www.thegreenhead.com/technology/2004/05/japanese-scientist-invents.php) but it seems this Chinese idea would be much more efficient

France at number 2…I remember hearing that.    Geographically, Texas is bigger than France and I believe that there are more dogs in the US than there are people in France.  So…I don't have them very high on my list of potential threats…

Anyway, thanks for the link.  I had forgotten about that suit.  I've been reading more on the American and British stuff, like these:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15329396/

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1029418920080810

There's actually a few more projects that I've seen as well involving the "invisibility cloak" concept.  Although, I wish they wouldn't use that reference.  Invisibility refers to what can be seen (or not seen) by the naked eye and "cloaking" really refers to making something undetectable to microwaves (radar).  Using the term invisibility cloak is just trendy, but it really doesn't describe the intent of the project being worked on a lot of times.  I guess the ultimate goal is achieving both…but as of now, that's a pretty tall order.

Alicat- You said "Didn't you see the credited reference to Ashley in the IOP's Journal?  It's a done deal!"  I don't know what the "IOP's Journal" is.  What did she say?

Oubliette- "Now the Soviets have been replaced by the Chinese…"  I would kind of agree.  If I were to make a Top Three list of biggest enemies, I'd go 1) Our Own Economy, 2) China, 3) N. Korea.  If we can defeat all the problems facing our economy, then I'm not worried so much about any other country.