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Military types, bank robbers and stalkers, your day is about to come

Can it be true? Can invisibility cloaks really be a mere 18 months away? Crikey!

Researchers say they are rapidly closing in on new types of materials that can throw a cloak of invisibility around objects, fulfilling a fantasy that is as old as ancient myths and as young as “Star Trek” and the Harry Potter novels.Unlike those tales of fictional invisibility, the real-life technologies usually have a catch. Nevertheless, limited forms of invisibility might be available to the military sooner than you think.

“We’re very confident that at radar frequencies, these materials can be implemented on a time scale of 18 months or so,” John Pendry of Imperial College London told MSNBC.com. (Full Story)

May 26th, 2006 | Category: Just Plain Weird

1 comment to Military types, bank robbers and stalkers, your day is about to come

  • Friday
    May 26th, 2006 at 10:56 am

    This would be the coolest thing ever for about 5 minutes. I’m sure the only real use it will get is military anyway