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Cloak of invisibility: Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector

Cloak of invisibility: Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector | Science News | Scoop.it
A team of engineers at Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania has for the first time used 'plasmonic cloaking' to create a device that can see without being seen - an invisible machine that detects light.
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[VIDEO] Now in Fashion: Invisibility Cloaks

[VIDEO] Now in Fashion: Invisibility Cloaks | Science News | Scoop.it

An invisibility cloak? That sounds like science fiction. Until now. Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin unveiled the results from an experiment in which they were able to conceal a three-dimensional object from microwaves by covering it with a plasmonic material that disguises light and makes the object invisible from all angles.

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Science Fiction or Fact: Invisibility Cloaks Will One Day Exist

Science Fiction or Fact: Invisibility Cloaks Will One Day Exist | Science News | Scoop.it
Harry Potter and Star Trek invisibility cloaks might be tough to pull off.
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Researchers transfer the concept of an optical invisibility cloak to sound waves

Progress of metamaterials in nanotechnologies has made the invisibility cloak, a subject of mythology and science fiction, become reality: Light waves can be guided around an object to be hidden, in such a way that this object appears to be...
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