Posted Oct 19, 2006 at 06:17PM by Chris L. Listed in: Physics, Engineering Tags: john pendry, Duke University
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No, they're serious. Look at how it all works. If you can.No, really. You won't see it to believe it. The UK Times recently reported that, using the principles developed by a British scientist, scientists across the pond in Duke University were able to create what is said to be the world's first "invisibility cloak".

Students of Hogwarts, Klingons and Romulans, members of MI-6 and FOXHOUND, whoever constructed Leasath's Glepnir sky fortress, acolytes of Nod, and teenagers everywhere who want to sneak out for some midnight fun, you may want to pay attention.

The "invisibility cloak" is made of "metamaterials" (artificial composites) and copper, and is designed to "warp", as they call it, electromagnetic radiation around it. Light waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, by the way. Normally, an opaque object directly between a light source and your eye will block the light rays from reaching your eye.

Wrap this developed "invisibility cloak" around it, however, and it will warp the light rays from behind to the other side, where they will travel to your eye. And you will see the light source - but not the object and its "cloak". Exactly the same principles used by the finest Klingon and Romulan cloaking devices in their respective starfleets.

The US experiments have actually been conducted using microwave radiation and microwave sensors instead of light and human eyes, but the principles remain the same - and have been proven by said experiments. The British scientist who started it all - Imperial College of London's Sir John Pendry, expects that the world can see - or won't see - practical applications of this tech in five years in both military and civilian fields of application.

No, Snake, they haven't developed an infinite ammo bandana yet.


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   by jdizzle (Unregistered) - 2006-10-19
 » first post

i submitted this news and im first post

   by dc (Unregistered) - 2006-10-20
 » dsa

lol

   by BJ02 (Unregistered) - 2006-10-20
 » yes

invisibility aye?
thats interesting

but

a cardboard box...thats all i need : )



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   by hunty (Unregistered) - 2006-10-20
 » finally!

At last we have it!

   by yay me (Unregistered) - 2006-10-20
 » as soon as i get one...

im gonna go to......
the bank
gamestop
and
changing room
umm to try out new clothes...

   by Personman (Unregistered) - 2006-10-21
 » Yea right...

"Students of Hogwarts, Klingons and Romulans, members of MI-6..."
Hogwarts? Klingons? Come on. Yea right, dude.


   Re: Truth (Unregistered) - 2006-10-21
 » It's not the first....

In 2003 I believe, in Taiwan, they made an "invisiblity cloak", this is not the first, it was even featured in tfk.


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