Engineers Devise Invisibility Shield

Posted by timothy on Monday February 28, 2005 @07:11PM from the impossibly-large-yellow-somethings dept.

GerritHoll points out an article in Nature according to which "researchers at the University of Pennsylvania 'say that a "plasmonic cover" could render objects "nearly invisible to an observer.' Earlier attempts at invisibility worked by colouring a screen to match its background, like a chameleon. The described technique is new, because it works by the concept of reducing light scattering. It is not a 'magic cloak,' however, because it will not work for the full range of visible light and needs to be adjusted precisely for the shape of the object. However, the concept could find an application in stealth technology."

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Re:Obvious Applications by Ian+Peon · 2005-02-28 21:07 · Score: 0, Redundant

From the article:

This technology would only work for microscopic objects (as they must be the same size as the wavelength of light hitting it), and only a single wavelength.

Those would have to be some really tiny tanks.

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Re:When it's reliable enough... by FinestLittleSpace · 2005-02-28 21:57 · Score: 0, Redundant

"oh! oh no! they're spotted me!"