Comments on: A Digitized Army http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/a-digitized-army Art, film, prose, and politics Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: t. o'neill http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/a-digitized-army/comment-page-1#comment-589 t. o'neill Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:40:21 +0000 http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2007/02/13/a-digitized-army#comment-589 "Digital" camouflage is usually misinterpreted. It derives from work done in the 1970's at West Point that survived over the years as a "look and feel" but little recollection of the underlying science. The "pixels" were originally configured to match the texture of natural backgrounds (technically the spatial frequency power spectrum) and permit additive color mixture of dyes. Some current camouflage measures use correct designs, some do not. It is easy to see (or not see) the difference. “Digital” camouflage is usually misinterpreted. It derives from work done in the 1970′s at West Point that survived over the years as a “look and feel” but little recollection of the underlying science.

The “pixels” were originally configured to match the texture of natural backgrounds (technically the spatial frequency power spectrum) and permit additive color mixture of dyes. Some current camouflage measures use correct designs, some do not. It is easy to see (or not see) the difference.

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