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MrMark
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 Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak (AP) |
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Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak
WASHINGTON - Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible.
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects. Previously, they only have been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects.
The findings, by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, led by Xiang Zhang, are to be released later this week in the journals Nature and Science.
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Spacedoubt
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This is old news. I can just think I'm invisible, like a ninja, and people will walk right by me. Usually when I am trying to get help from customer service or hail a cab. 
Seriously, though, I'm sure that I'm comfortable with the imlications. I mean, whose hands will it get into? |
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twoshots
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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That is awesome.
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LolaGranola
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This can't be good.
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Fuzzy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:40 am Post subject: |
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Personal invisibility has been a fact since high school. It was independently confirmed by lining up at a bar to order a drink.
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