Monday, August 11, 2008
You may actually get one of those choices sooner than you think...though I think the luster will be off when everyone can do it. Say...maybe the Islamists can render their women invisible altogether. Nah, that would perversely empower them. Never happen.
Scientists closer to developing invisibility cloak
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...
Could have implications for the locker room, too...nyuk nyuk nyuk...
