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Plan For Cloaking Device Unveiled
Robotron23 writes "The BBC is reporting that a plan for a cloaking device has been unveiled. The design is pioneered by Professor Sir John Pendry's team of scientists from the US and Britain. Proof of the ability of his invention could be ready in just 18 months time using radar testing. The method revolves around certain materials making light "flow" around the given object like water."
I'd like to point out that this is brilliantly advanced... in theory. It's completely possible and will likely be buildable... in theory.
I RTFA, and frankly, it sounds like confirmation of the idea that mathamatics in general is WAY ahead of the other sciences. Things that are perfectly possible in theory are out of our grasp in the real world... right now, at least.
Even as a mathmatician, the fact that there's so much theory and so little actual DOING has me worried. There's a tiny flaw in the use of 'metamaterials' to make objects invisible... we don't HAVE metamaterials.
Though, it beats sticking my head in the sand by a long shot.
The split ends are horrible.
No, Mr. Green. Communism is just a red herring.
If I'm not mistaken, since this bends the light around the object, none of the light actually hits the object, correct?
So no invisible surveilance cameras or human beings- the light would miss the lens of the camera or the eye of the human and they'd be completely blind.