Scientists May Have Secret to Invisibility Cloak

Fl_Gulfer · 11-10-2010, 12:05 PM

Muggle Scientists May Have Secret to Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak;

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Muggle Scientists Say Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak May Soon Be Possible

Ira · 11-11-2010, 10:53 AM

I'm on the iTouch now and can't check your link, but a company working with the Pentagon developed one and I saw videos.

Basically, it's a blanket with thousands of micro LCD screens, and embedded in each screen is a micro camera sensor.

What happens is the guy puts the thing on facing you, and projected on his front is the image captured of what's BEHIND him.

I guess in a battlefield situation, this can really work. But it's a real important first step to creating what Harrry had.

Fl_Gulfer · 11-11-2010, 03:39 PM

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.

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Scientists have designed material that could eventually create an invisibility cloak like the one depicted in the Harry Potter movies.
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.

Di Falco said that earlier studies were only able to create light-bending atoms on hard surfaces. But now, they've produced the more flexible Metaflex that could eventually be used to manufacture a smarter fabric.

In a paper published in the Nov. 4 issue of the U.K.'s New Journal of Physics, the researchers write: "Arguably, one of the most exciting applications of Metaflex is to fabricate three-dimensional flexible MMs (metamaterials) in the optical range, which can be achieved by stacking several Metaflex membranes on top of one another."

An actual, working cloak of invisibility may not be ready as a stocking stuffer for the upcoming holiday season or in time for the premiere this month of the movie "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," but the creation of the Metaflex material brings invisibility much closer to reality.

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11-11-2010, 10:53 AM	#2
Ira Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Coral Springs, FL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,216	I'm on the iTouch now and can't check your link, but a company working with the Pentagon developed one and I saw videos. Basically, it's a blanket with thousands of micro LCD screens, and embedded in each screen is a micro camera sensor. What happens is the guy puts the thing on facing you, and projected on his front is the image captured of what's BEHIND him. I guess in a battlefield situation, this can really work. But it's a real important first step to creating what Harrry had.

11-11-2010, 03:39 PM	#3
Fl_Gulfer Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Florida Gulfer Photos: Albums Posts: 3,054 Original Poster	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. Getty Images Scientists have designed material that could eventually create an invisibility cloak like the one depicted in the Harry Potter movies. 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. Di Falco said that earlier studies were only able to create light-bending atoms on hard surfaces. But now, they've produced the more flexible Metaflex that could eventually be used to manufacture a smarter fabric. In a paper published in the Nov. 4 issue of the U.K.'s New Journal of Physics, the researchers write: "Arguably, one of the most exciting applications of Metaflex is to fabricate three-dimensional flexible MMs (metamaterials) in the optical range, which can be achieved by stacking several Metaflex membranes on top of one another." An actual, working cloak of invisibility may not be ready as a stocking stuffer for the upcoming holiday season or in time for the premiere this month of the movie "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," but the creation of the Metaflex material brings invisibility much closer to reality.