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Video: Revealing the technology of invisibility
newscientist.com ^ | Feb. 4, 2009 | Sandrine Ceurstemont

Posted on 02/04/2009 5:15:44 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

If your superpower of choice would be to make things disappear, you may be surprised to see how close researchers are to making it come true.

Our exclusive video, above, shows a device created at Duke University, North Carolina, that can make objects invisible to microwaves.

The team thinks its technology could be modified to work for infrared and visible light too, making it able to hide 3D objects from human eyes. The way the device steers microwaves could also give a boost to wireless communications – improving signals indoors or underground, for example.

(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: invisibility; invisible; technology

1 posted on 02/04/2009 5:15:44 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sounds like a good way to get run over crossing streets.....


2 posted on 02/04/2009 5:19:08 PM PST by wendy1946
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To: Free ThinkerNY

How about some of that stuff for your girlfriends clothing when your wife comes home “suddenly”


3 posted on 02/04/2009 5:19:23 PM PST by Michigan Bowhunter (Democrat socialist liberal scumbags.....how did we let this happen!)
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To: ShadowAce; Las Vegas Dave; Quix; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
Video: Revealing the technology of invisibility
How does *that* work? /rimshot!
4 posted on 02/04/2009 5:35:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Looked more like “mildly translucent” than “invisible” to me.


5 posted on 02/04/2009 5:35:31 PM PST by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Didn’t we make some future deal with the Romulans that we would develop this type of stuff?


6 posted on 02/04/2009 5:47:23 PM PST by redangus
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To: redangus

I don’t know about a deal. I do know that Obama said he would talk to them about it without preconditions.


7 posted on 02/04/2009 6:00:45 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Been there, done that ;-)
8 posted on 02/04/2009 6:03:41 PM PST by LuigiBasco (PALIN POWER: She's Reagan in heels, Teddy Roosevelt in a dress & like Rummy at a press conference!))
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

Tell ya what...

Convince your girlfriend that it only works when she’s naked. THen let the fun begin.


9 posted on 02/04/2009 6:03:43 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Give me Liberty or give me something to aim at)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Does this work on income?


10 posted on 02/04/2009 7:10:43 PM PST by webschooner
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