Scientists create invisibility cloak that bends microwaves

[Euphoric]

A team of British and U.S. scientists has demonstrated the first working "invisibility cloak," although donâ??t expect it to appear in the Halloween costumes aisle just yet.

The team, led by Professor Sir John Pendry of Imperial College in London, built the prototype at Duke University in North Carolina and reported its findings Thursday in Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science.

Little more than 12 centimetres across, the small device can redirect microwave beams so they flow around a "hidden" object inside with little distortion, making it appear almost as if nothing were there at all.

Like light, microwaves bounce off objects, making them visible and creating a "shadow," although it has to be detected with instruments.

The new work could be a baby step to an improved version that would make the Klingons and Harry Potter jealous by hiding people and objects from visible light.


http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...ity-cloak.html

Euphoric Reviewed by Euphoric on 10-19-2006. Scientists create invisibility cloak that bends microwaves A team of British and U.S. scientists has demonstrated the first working "invisibility cloak," although donâ??t expect it to appear in the Halloween costumes aisle just yet. The team, led by Professor Sir John Pendry of Imperial College in London, built the prototype at Duke University in North Carolina and reported its findings Thursday in Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science. Little more than 12 centimetres across, the small device can redirect Rating: 5

[MastaChronic]

very interesting, i want one!

[Th3 sand m4n]

is it me or is technology getting scary. think of all the bad shit that could happen if the wrong people got their hands on that

[Psycho4Bud]

Sounds like the Philadelphia project. Hopefully they have better success.

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[MastaChronic]

yeah it does, wasnt the phili project that ship that disappeared in the 40's?

[Psycho4Bud]

Yah, the USS Eldridge........ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment

Have a good one!:thumbsup:

[Ol Schwaggy Bastard]

I bet it gives you cancer.

[jamstigator]

I would think it'd reduce the chances of cancer, by redirecting radiation around you. Not that anyone'd use it for that. Not sure what I'd do with invisibility. Probably go on a crime-fighting rampage and take out all the crack dealers in my city, while availaing myself of whatever cash they have around. Heh.

[MastaChronic]

heh, you dont need an invisibility cloak for that.
ive dressed up in really bright clothes, painted my skin purple, and wore a pink wig, strolled into a crackdealers house while doing a wierd kind of dance thing, stole a bunch of money and danced out, all the guy did was watch me like he was trippin :P

[Th3 sand m4n]

^^ WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is so funny hahahah