Nanotechnology mirage invisibility effect

[RMorgan]

Here is a really interesting video that makes us think about how nanotechnology using carbon nanotubes may change a lot of things.

The device created by Ali Aliev, a researcher at University of Texas Dallas, uses threadlike carbon nanotubes. When rapidly heated, they create a mirage effect similar in principle to a stretch of highway on a very hot day. Perfect for keeping a small object hidden:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nfnbj9r1-2I

Source:http://www.disinfo.com/2011/11/texas...oak-prototype/

Cheers,

Raf.

EDIT: I´ve just remembered a documentary about the Phoenix lights, where some witnesses told that the ship had some kind of invisibility that was similar to a mirage, like those waves we see on roads on hot days...Could this technology be something like this?