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Space-Time Cloak Could Hide Actual Events

Posted by samzenpus on from the out-of-sight-out-of-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "My first thought was, a hypothetical space-time invisibility cloak? That must be what hypothetical crime-fighting Einstein wears when he wades into the fray! Sadly, the researchers who thought up this trick to 'hide events' say that the metamaterials we have on hand will only allow for a nanoscale demonstration at best."

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  1. Re: post by JustOK · · Score: 4, Funny

    all fine until the spacetime moderators show up.

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    rewriting history since 2109
  2. Re:Minkowski you bastard by Pawnn · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're making never leaving the house sound wayyy too scientific!

  3. Re:Hiding things? Isn't that the point of invisibl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought a safe cracker was one without tuna.

  4. Re:Better article by MadKeithV · · Score: 3, Funny

    Time is an illusion.
    Lunchtime doubly so.

  5. Re:Wasn't this an episode of Star Trek? by uglyduckling · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ahhh! So you spotted that massive plot hole in the Harry Potter films too ;).