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Mathematicians Design Invisible Tunnel

Posted by kdawson on from the worms-need-light-too dept.

New calculations show how to make an electromagnetic "wormhole" — a tube that is invisible from the sides but allows light to shine down the center. The practical applications are a ways off, as even the design of a spherical invisibility cloak has not advanced beyond working (in theory) for a single wavelength of visible light.

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  1. Wormhole? by imamac · · Score: 0, Redundant

    " New calculations show how to make an electromagnetic "wormhole"--a tube that is invisible from the sides, allowing light to shine down the center unseen." Unfortunately, this is NOT the defenition of a wormhole. What the articel describes is a physical tunnel, that is simply invisible from the outside, not a wormhole that links 2 distant places through a much shorter distance.

  2. Advenced by DJ+Jones · · Score: 0, Redundant
    I suggest we make a few more advences in spell checking technology before we move on to any sort of spherical invisibility cloaking devices.


    - But can you make a funnel cake that tastes as good as it smells?

  3. The internet... by DavidWeight · · Score: 0, Redundant

    is now a series of invisible tubes

  4. Re:Invisible Bandwidth by drewski3420 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    you mean, an invisible series of tubes?

  5. Re:Designed?!? by Warbringer87 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    what are you talking about? Klein bottles can be made...

    http://www.kleinbottle.com/