You think that phrase is just for Star Trek? Think again! Researchers at Duke University, Imperial College London and the San Diego company SensorMetrix have developed a rudimentary cloaking device that was able to bend microwaves around a test object – a copper cylinder in this case (Science abstract here, New York Times article here). The group feels that the same technology could be adapted to any form of electromagnetic radiation – visible light, radar and even acoustic waves and vibrations.
How COOL is that???
3 responses so far ↓
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Scott J
// Oct 20, 2006 at 1:48 am
Yea, that is cool, but can they beam anything up yet?
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some guy
// Oct 20, 2006 at 10:34 pm
yeah, the only problem with this, is that the government will use it for all the wrong reasons.
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Chef Kevin
// Oct 21, 2006 at 12:53 am
*whisper* “turn it on”.
“See? Look. There’s no US soldiers in Iraq”
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