Unlike the partial invisibility cloak, this technology uses "metamaterial, a complex hybrid structure of metal and insulator that makes light move around an object like air flowing over an airplane wing" to make objects "dissapear". CG animation after the jump.
In a process called refraction, these materials interact with light in such a way that it travels faster through the metamaterial than it does through a vacuum, the famed c in Einstein’s special theory of relativity. Properly tuned, the light emerges from the shield as if there were no object present. But unfortunately for would-be spies, it’s very difficult to make cloaking devices that work on more than one wavelength of light at a time
Huh??? How would this work? I understand Burnelli and a little bit of the E=mc2 thing but how could you eliminate all wavelengths, and if could only eliminate one wavelenth wouldn't it then be possible to change the color of the car?
To many questions, but, hell yah I want a cloking suit, car, house...
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Posted at 10/22/2006 8:31pm by
Skeptik
Well, When it goes from CG to Real life then I will belive it. Until then, nice CG
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Posted at 11/21/2006 12:55pm by
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