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How To See Through an Invisibility Cloak

Posted by timothy on from the very-zen dept.

AMESN writes "Ways to bend light around objects and render them invisible are becoming a major field of scientific study and gaining ground. While no actual invisibility cloak exists yet, researchers are also theorizing on how to beat the perfect cloak."

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  1. rain by wizardforce · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No invisibility cloak can hide the fact that it's still a solid object. That or utilize various frequencies of EM as it would be extremely difficult to defeat radar + infared + visible + UV all at the same time.

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  2. You can't beat the perfect cloak... by unitron · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you can, it's not perfect.

    The real problem isn't detecting it. It's knowing that you need to be trying to detect it in the first place, and approximately when and in what area.

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