Invisibility Cloak now more then just a theory?

[Kaon]

WASHINGTON -- Scientists are boldly going where only fiction has gone before -- to develop a Cloak of Invisibility. It isn't quite ready to hide a Romulan space ship from Capt. James T. Kirk or to disguise Harry Potter, but it is a significant start and could show the way to more sophisticated designs.


In this first successful experiment, researchers from the United States and England were able to cloak a copper cylinder.


It's like a mirage, where heat causes the bending of light rays and cloaks the road ahead behind an image of the sky.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...20?hub=SciTech

I'm not sure that we would ever be able to see this technology at a public level, but wow. Here's some links to original postings about 5 months ago. http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...ighlight=cloak

When I first posted about it 5 months ago I figured it would be something that would never happen in the short term, and maybe never really be a success at any point. If developed fully this would be scary when used in a military function.

[Jayems]

I read this the other day and was going to post it, but decided on sleep instead

Pretty cool if they can get it to work.

[Crazy Flamer]

Cool! I want one!!!

[Rhettzky]

I don't completely understand what you would do if you lost it. Would you even bother to go looking?

[Knut]

I want to use it to hide in Jennifer Aniston's room.....

Between this and telportation I will be able to creep out on all my dream celebrity women

[Kaon]

Originally Posted by Rhettzky

I don't completely understand what you would do if you lost it. Would you even bother to go looking?

They don't really mention how it moves the waves around the cloak, but I imagine it requires a power source. Just don't forget to turn off the battery maybe? lol

Also from what I read back a few months ago, and from what it says about the materials now used in the current construction it doesn't seem like it would be a light cloak material. Metal, and circuitboard materials might make it fairly heavy, and possibly solid, so maybe you'd trip over it eventually.

I can only imagine what kind of hell this thing would raise for lawmakers if there was no way to detect it since it allows sensory waves to travel around it.

[BlackArcher101]

There is one problem however... it also bends light when you are inside it. So to the person inside, it appears the world is black. Blind as a bat since light isn't getting through, and instead being detoured around you.

[Neeper]

Scientifically it makes sense. But it's still impressive as hell of they get it to work perfectly. WOW.

[Lanny_MacDonald]

I dunno what the big deal is, the Calgary Flames special teams has been using one all season.

[WesternCanadaKing]

Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald

I dunno what the big deal is, the Calgary Flames special teams has been using one all season.

Hehe, zing!

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by Kaon

They don't really mention how it moves the waves around the cloak, but I imagine it requires a power source. Just don't forget to turn off the battery maybe? lol

Negative refractive index.