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This ocean ‘invisibility cloak’ makes waves bigger and better
It could expand our options for wave-energy harvesters.
Scientists Can Trick You Into Thinking You’re Invisible
The illusion could one day help people conquer their fears
The First ‘Perfect’ Invisibility Cloak Completely Conceals Objects (From Microwaves)
It's not quite the visible-spectrum breakthrough we're waiting for, but invisibility science has hit a theoretical high point.
‘Nanofishnet’ Could Be the First Metamaterial to Impossibly Bend Light in the Visible Spectrum
Metamaterials hold the elusive promise of the true invisibility cloak, one that bends light right around objects to make them … Continued
The World’s First 3-D, Free-Standing Invisibility Cloak Conceals from All Angles
In microwaves, that is
Video: Underwater Nano-Mirage Effect Enables On-Demand Invisibility
Get ready to witness some James Bond-esque, HALO-style active camouflage action. Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have … Continued
Video: Cloaking System Makes Tank Invisible to Infrared Sensors
BAE Systems’s Adaptiv technology enables objects as big as tanks to completely vanish from view–when seen at night with an … Continued
Acoustic Cloaking Device Lets Sound Travel Uninterrupted Around Objects
A new type of acoustic cloak would allow sound waves to travel around an object unimpeded, and could be used … Continued
