Headline Of The Week Weak
"Scientists Say Invisibility Cloak Now Possible"
Crazy! And..super rad! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline.
Scientists Say Invisibility Cloak Now Possible
Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible.
Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects. Previously, they only have been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects.
The findings, by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, led by Xiang Zhang, are to be released later this week in the journals Nature and Science.
The new work moves scientists a step closer to hiding people and objects from visible light, which could have broad applications, including military ones.
People can see objects because they scatter the light that strikes them, reflecting some of it back to the eye. Cloaking uses materials, known as metamaterials, to deflect radar, light or other waves around an object, like water flowing around a smooth rock in a stream.
Metamaterials are mixtures of metal and circuit board materials such as ceramic, Teflon or fiber composite. They are designed to bend visible light in a way that ordinary materials don't. Scientists are trying to use them to bend light around objects so they don't create reflections or shadows.
It differs from stealth technology, which does not make an aircraft invisible but reduces the cross-section available to radar, making it hard to track.
The research was funded in part by the U.S. Army Research Office and the National Science Foundation's Nano-Scale Science and Engineering Center.
This Is Commitment!
N-A-R-C-I-S-S-I-S-M
Great!!! I can't wait to get INVISIBLE and check out some HOT BITCHES!!!!
wicked!
OLD…!!
and this is scientifically gonna work how?!
oh, i just read further…makes total sense…what?!
SOUNDS LIKE IF CRIMINALS GOT A HOLD OF THIS WE'D BE IN BIG TROUBLE!
great…st.luica rules..
WOW, GOOD THING THEY CURED CANCER BEFORE THEY STARTED WORKING ON AN INVISIBILITY CLOAK. OH WAIT……
That could prove to be dangerous. Especially when I sneak into the men's showers/locker room!!!!!
wow that's good for Paris Hilton
isn't that a dangerous thing to invent? …like if it gets in the hands of the wrong person? But whatever I guess =s
kinda scarey if your really think about it…..
o kewlz.
is this even legal ?
Re: pryme – Very good point.
Re: Andy27 – YOU SICK FUCK!
Yeah, but…. how are you going to FIND it?
Re: pryme – GOOD ONE! LOL!
Nothing good will come of that.
Great. Something else that can potentially dangerous when falling into the hands of someone evil. Why in the hell are they wasting their time on crap like this. They could have used that research money to feed the starving.
i'll believe it when i see it…oh wait…
Awesome!!!!
I want one!
great post perez - this is awesome
Why are things like this always going for the military? Really? The military doesn't need any more gadgets it can use to fuck up other countries. This should be going straight to the stoners and Harry Potter fanatics you always faught with at a party because they said this could happen and you didn't think it would ever happen. So, cheers to them for having faith.
omgggg i want a cloak!!!
Im twenty minutes away from that school! I wanna go see this!
This is insanee! I can't wait!!
awesome
Cool, now make one for Clay Aiken, we don't need to see him anymore!
all the dirty little thinsg I would do if I was invisible
This is nothing new.
omg AWESOME
And suddenly child abductions are on the rise….
Spooky!!
I'm gonna see me some unsuspecting boobies!
Re: pryme –
"WOW, GOOD THING THEY CURED CANCER BEFORE THEY STARTED WORKING ON AN INVISIBILITY CLOAK. OH WAIT……"
LOL I SOOO AGREE WITH YOU!
wow thats what people are wasting their times with….
but if it works i want one!
This was on Ripley's Believe It or Not like 5 years ago.
Old news is old.
Neat idea, but I can't argue that it isn't a disaster waiting to happen.
Wow, thats pretty crazy!
wow, this is not what the world needs.
people will only use this for bad…
hahaha, interesting! Harry potter much? XD
the world is becoming a magical place to live.
strange.
I WANT ONE!!!
hahah as soon as I saw this I thought "oh my god harry potter!" lolz!
Does it come in hats for my fugly hair? When can I order my catalogue?
Don't let Voldemort know this!
scary
that is amazing!
lol harry potter will be mad as hell
and J.K Rowling :O like always will SSSUUEEE!!!!
sounds weird…and scary..
but seriously coool lol
woah that is sooo cool, thats like the one superpower i would have, t be invisible, n it might actually come true yey!! xx
now i can be like harry potter
well, the best give JK Rowling proper credit for the idea
I'M HARRY POTTER!
Old news honey.
Don't you think that they could be using the time they spent coming up with this on something a little more important in the long run!?!?!? Cancer cure possibly! Who cares about something that can be used for probably more evil then good! Put all this effort into something that actually matters!
awesome and super fucking dangerous!!!
This is going to create hell.
Imagine if somebody's in your room the whole time & you don't know because is invisible. SCARY!