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more about #invisibility phoghat: "Any sufficiently advanced...." more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: So universities in HK are just like uni's elsewhere, and everyone's smoking a lot of dope. "Invisibility's just an illusion, man... I could totally ma... more » zslane: Are you effing kidding me? We're on the brink of Romulan Cloaking technology and all you twits can think of is how women might be able to sexually dec... more » gorehound: yup i can see it now.................. millions of hot women that turn out to be 300 pounders more » Smeagol92055: Could I use it to look at women and make it look like the clothes they're wearing are gone? If so, sign me up for a dozen. more » NerD: Blattella: I'll believe it when I see it. more » Hamslicer: Do these pants make me look fat? Here, let me fix that. Bzzt. No more big belly either, ta da, six pack! more » -
#madscience
Now You Can Literally Create Objects Out Of Thin Air
At last, you can make things disappear. Scientists have created a device for disappearing unwanted objects. The crazy part is that it can make objects seem to appear as well. More » -
#photography
Imagining Life After the Invisibility Cloak
Researchers claim that the creation of an invisibility cloak is feasible with future technology, and that soon humans could have the ability to blend in with their surroundings. Not content to wait for science to catch up with imagination, Dutch artist Desiree Palmen uses paint to camouflage her subjects, giving us a taste of what life will be like once invisibility becomes a reality. -
#madmaterialsscience
Secrets of the Metamaterials that Will Make You Invisible
Invisibility used to be the stuff of comic books and Harry Potter novels. But this week, scientists from UC Berkeley have emerged with two new invisibility-producing "metamaterials," engineered substances that bend electromagnetic waves in ways they've never bent before. They call it "negative refraction." But you and I can just call it the first step towards invisible armor. We talked to one of the Berkeley scientists involved, and got the scoop. More » -
#invisibility
Navy Battleship with a Cloaking Device
Meet the first (semi) invisible warship: it's painted in "low reflectivity" materials that make it hard to see on radar. While not invisible to the naked eye, this Swedish ship, called the Visby Corvette, is for all intents and purposes invisible to many of the instruments Navies would use to pick it up. Researchers say the next generation of high-stealth ships like this might be invisible to the naked eye, too. Want to see more of this invisible ship? More »
