Invisibility cloak is in sight
Last Updated: 9:46 AM, March 19, 2010
Posted: 4:14 AM, March 19, 2010
Comments: 3
PrintHarry Potter better patent his invisibility cloak -- he soon may have some competition.
A team of British and German scientists has created its own "cloak," made of special lenses that bend light. Both the "cloak" and an object they hid beneath it instantly "disappeared," according to the journal Science.
"No matter what angle we looked at the object from, we saw nothing. The bump [created by the object] became invisible," said researcher Nicholas Stenger.
The cloak and the object it hid were miniscule, but researchers are working to recreate the disappearances on a larger scale.
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Comments (3)
Post Your CommentKeith of Chesapeake
03/19/2010 2:26 PM
cool, so many applications.
Can we make Obama disappear? PLEASE
Swim!
03/19/2010 9:36 AM
Good one, Slite.
slite
03/19/2010 9:10 AM
Does it work on federal deficits?