Scientist developing Star Trek invisibility cloaks or shields
Filed under: Gadgets | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment
When people start to talk about becoming invisible we often think that they are nut jobs, but it could actually become reality. We know that there are some clever people around, like those clever people at Cal (the one at Berkeley).
These Scientist have created a material which is able to control the direction of light. This is like the invisibility cloaks or shields that the Klingon’s and Jem’Hadar use in Star Trek.
The amazing material allows the light to bend around it, so you will not see the object in front of you, just the light behind it. The material used is very technical; the elements used are very thin about 0.00000066 of a meter.
When it comes to becoming invisible there are a lot of moral questions that need to be asked, we have all seen the films about what could go wrong.
This kind of technology would be able to make some of the ugly things in our world disappear, what things would you like to disappear?
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“..some of the ugly things in our world disappear, what things would you like to disappear?”
Any eyesore really. I was thinking if you could give rats little invisibility cloaks that could be good. Otherwise certain rubbish tips, the backend of baboons, that kind of thing. Cheers.