Ever wished you could be invisible? We've all probably been in situations where it would've been convenient if nobody could see us. Well, a group of scientists claims to have created a material that could essentially become an invisibility cloak.
The material, dubbed Metaflex, has been produced by researchers at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and once fully developed, it could signal a huge breakthrough, not only in the creation of smart fabrics but in the manufacture of super contact lenses that can be used for visual prostheses, according to team leader Andrea di Falco.
Cloaking devices have appeared throughout works of science fiction, including the Star Wars and Star Trek films. In the wildly popular global Harry Potter universe, an invisibility cloak is used to make a person appear to vanish.
But in the world of real science, it's all about figuring out how to make a flexible film, or metamaterial, that can manipulate light waves to make objects, like clothing, invisible.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/a...isibility-cloak-may-soon-be-possible/19702787
The material, dubbed Metaflex, has been produced by researchers at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and once fully developed, it could signal a huge breakthrough, not only in the creation of smart fabrics but in the manufacture of super contact lenses that can be used for visual prostheses, according to team leader Andrea di Falco.
Cloaking devices have appeared throughout works of science fiction, including the Star Wars and Star Trek films. In the wildly popular global Harry Potter universe, an invisibility cloak is used to make a person appear to vanish.
But in the world of real science, it's all about figuring out how to make a flexible film, or metamaterial, that can manipulate light waves to make objects, like clothing, invisible.
Full story: http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/a...isibility-cloak-may-soon-be-possible/19702787
