FEATURE: Scientists edge closer to making world of "Ghost in the Shell" a reality

TOKYO - Becoming invisible and uploading human consciousness may sound like something out of the world of the famed cyberpunk anime and manga series "Ghost in the Shell," but two Japanese scientists are working to turn such science fiction concepts into reality.

Wearing a cloak made of retroreflective material, Masahiko Inami, a professor at the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, appears to blend into his surroundings as a projector displays an image of the background behind him onto the cloak.