One for all those gamers out there - the invisibility cloak (well nearly)

Unglaublich Verwustung · 08-11-2008, 08:09 AM

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Invisibility cloak 'step closer'

For now, the invisibility cloak remains a thing of science fiction

Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible.
Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have developed a material that can bend light around 3D objects making them "disappear". The materials do not occur naturally but have been created on a nano scale, measured in billionths of a metre. The team says the principles could one day be scaled up to make invisibility cloaks large enough to hide people.
Stealth operations
The findings, by scientists led by Xiang Zhang, were published in the journals Nature and Science. The new system works like water flowing around a rock, the researchers said. Because light is not absorbed or reflected by the object, a person only sees the light from behind it - rendering the object invisible. The new material produces has "negative refractive" properties. It has a multi-layered "fishnet" structure which is transparent over a wide range of light wavelengths. The research, funded by the US government, could one day be used in military stealth operations - with tanks made to disappear from the enemies' sight.

What is this - a peeping-tom's dream-coat?

Bungleau · 08-11-2008, 08:29 AM

Naw... a petty thief's dream!

Still cool if they can get it to work out

dplax · 08-11-2008, 09:03 AM

What would be the point of burgling a home when your cloak was already worth 10 times the price of the house?

Bungleau · 08-11-2008, 09:13 AM

Because you can't eat a cloak... but day after day, a cloak would allow you to eat (and drink, and if you wear the right clothes, be Mary)

Lavindathar · 08-11-2008, 12:03 PM

WTB one.

Then I'll go gank me some lowbies!

Raistlin Majere · 08-11-2008, 01:28 PM

No big surprise the military is interested :p

VulcanRider · 08-11-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Raistlin Majere

No big surprise the military is interested :p

Well, they're probably paying for it...

Harkoliar · 08-12-2008, 03:58 AM

i like it for the peeping better than the thieving

Kakero · 08-12-2008, 06:25 AM

Can I wear that cloak, walk into a bank, start clearing the counters , and then walk out with bags of monies without people noticing?

Raistlin Majere · 08-12-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by VulcanRider

Well, they're probably paying for it...

Funded by the US government, so yeah, I guess so, hehe.

08-11-2008, 08:29 AM	#2
Bungleau 40th Level Warrior Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Western Wilds of Michigan Posts: 11,752	Re: One for all those gamers out there - the invisibility cloak (well nearly) Naw... a petty thief's dream! Still cool if they can get it to work out __________________ B Save Early, Save Often Save Before, Save After Two-Star General, Spelling Soldiers -+-+-+ Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.

08-11-2008, 09:03 AM	#3
dplax Jack Burton Join Date: July 19, 2003 Location: an expat living in France Age: 40 Posts: 5,577	Re: One for all those gamers out there - the invisibility cloak (well nearly) What would be the point of burgling a home when your cloak was already worth 10 times the price of the house?

08-11-2008, 09:13 AM	#4
Bungleau 40th Level Warrior Join Date: October 29, 2001 Location: Western Wilds of Michigan Posts: 11,752	Re: One for all those gamers out there - the invisibility cloak (well nearly) Because you can't eat a cloak... but day after day, a cloak would allow you to eat (and drink, and if you wear the right clothes, be Mary) __________________ B Save Early, Save Often Save Before, Save After Two-Star General, Spelling Soldiers -+-+-+ Give 'em a hug one more time. It might be the last.

08-11-2008, 12:03 PM	#5
Lavindathar Harper Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Lancs, England Age: 40 Posts: 4,729	Re: One for all those gamers out there - the invisibility cloak (well nearly) WTB one. Then I'll go gank me some lowbies! __________________ =@

08-11-2008, 01:28 PM	#6
Raistlin Majere Ra Join Date: March 26, 2002 Location: Finland Age: 37 Posts: 2,323	Re: One for all those gamers out there - the invisibility cloak (well nearly) No big surprise the military is interested :p __________________ If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst forth at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of the Mighty One. "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."

08-12-2008, 03:58 AM	#8
Harkoliar Jack Burton Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Philippines, but now Harbor City Sydney Age: 42 Posts: 5,556	Re: One for all those gamers out there - the invisibility cloak (well nearly) i like it for the peeping better than the thieving __________________ Catch me if you can..

08-12-2008, 06:25 AM	#9
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	Re: One for all those gamers out there - the invisibility cloak (well nearly) Can I wear that cloak, walk into a bank, start clearing the counters , and then walk out with bags of monies without people noticing?

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