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Tsunami Invisibility Cloak

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the just-deflect-those-waves-to-the-poor-town-next-door dept.

BuzzSkyline writes "New Scientist is reporting on a lab-scale experiment that may lead to a tsunami invisibility cloak, which could protect islands, open-ocean platforms and even coastlines from dangerous waves by effectively making them invisible to tsunamis. The technology is based on the same sorts of negative index of refraction ideas that some physicists are exploring as they try to make an optical invisibility cloak, except that it works with water instead of light."

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  1. Re:Energy source? by Dunbal · · Score: -1, Troll

    The article mentions that a strong whirlpool is created near the center of the structure. Would it be possible to harness this energy to generate electricity?

          And hey presto, another perpetual motion device is born....

          Dimwit.

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    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  2. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do you have any idea how easy it is to fool a dog into giving you a rim job?