Invisibility cloak er... "shield"

[_Z_Ryuken]

According to the article, the object wouldn't be invisible, but a shadow of it's self.

 

[hungryduck]

Saw this on Wired the other day. Very cool I think.
Once it gets to clothing, I'll be wearing a jumper where the sleeves are invisible and trousers that are invisible, so that only my head, hands, feet, and torso remain. Then I'll go around calling myself rayman.

hah.

 

[15357]

The tech is already being developed by the US military, they use meta metaerials and use electromagnetisim to change the way light interacts with the surface making the light slip across the surface of the material so it doesn't bounce back like in any ordinary circumstance.

Electromagnetism to change light? Wouldn't that need something like a nuclear reactor to supply it?

 

[Fat Tony!]

this will never be a consumer product ..it will be used by the military ..most likely for espionage/clandestine positioning of troops ...so if you look at it that way ..it's not really a good thing

Indeed if the technology gets into the wrong hands, boom! Literally.

 

[VictimOfScience]

Neat tech, but the dog syndrome seems to be getting everybody these days....