LoKz Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Invisibility cloak moving closer into view? Posted by Leslie Katz January 15, 2009 1:14 PM PST That cloaking device we've been dreaming of appears to be one step closer to actual cloakdom, so start pondering the mischievous possibilities.Scientists from Duke University have improved on their earlier efforts at producing an invisibility cloak, coming up with a new type of device they say is significantly more sophisticated at cloaking an object (and eventually a person?) from visible light.The new cloak with the bump, left, and the prototype, right.(Credit: Duke University)The device is made from a light-bending composite material that can detour electromagnetic waves around an object and reconnect them on the other side. That creates an effect similar to a distant mirage you'd see hovering above a road on a hot day. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I dont get the caption. "the bump"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I think he is referring to the brown area on the left side of the picture(right from the white piece of ....?).This is very cool though, but as always it will get abused... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lister Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 If you'd clicked the link and read the full story...In Duke's latest experiments, a beam of microwaves aimed through the cloaking device at a "bump" on a flat mirror surface bounced off the surface at the same angle, as if the bump wasn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 If you'd clicked the link and read the full story...In Duke's latest experiments, a beam of microwaves aimed through the cloaking device at a "bump" on a flat mirror surface bounced off the surface at the same angle, as if the bump wasn't there.Well, I was right then, wasn't I? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoKz Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 some movie stuff lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I have a bump it can cloak if I get in the girls locker room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I have a bump it can cloak if I get in the girls locker room.Ghehehe ;) Nice one :welcome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 LoLz... just like the Hollow Man back in 2000 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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