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General 麻豆淫院ics May 20, 2009

New 'broadband' cloaking technology simple to manufacture

(麻豆淫院Org.com) -- Researchers have created a new type of invisibility cloak that is simpler than previous designs and works for all colors of the visible spectrum, making it possible to cloak larger objects than before and ...

Optics & Photonics May 13, 2009

A 'cloaking device' -- it's all done with mirrors

(麻豆淫院Org.com) -- Somewhat the way Harry Potter can cover himself with a cloak and become invisible, Cornell researchers have developed a device that can make it seem that a bump in a carpet -- or, indeed, any flat surface ...

General 麻豆淫院ics May 1, 2009

Invisibility Cloak Blurs Line Between Magic and Science (w/Video)

(麻豆淫院Org.com) -- The great science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke famously noted the similarities between advanced technology and magic. This summer on the big screen, the young wizard Harry Potter will once again don his ...

Other Apr 20, 2009

UH initiative will use 'Harry Potter' to conjure love for science

Hoping that science will cast a spell on local middle and high school students, a University of Houston team is starting a program that will harness the magical draw of the Harry Potter series to make technical subjects resonate ...

Nanophysics Mar 13, 2009

Nanocups brim with potential: Light-bending metamaterial could lead to superlenses, invisibility cloaks

Researchers at Rice University have created a metamaterial that could light the way toward high-powered optics, ultra-efficient solar cells and even cloaking devices.

General 麻豆淫院ics Mar 13, 2009

New invisibility cloak allows object to 'see' out through the cloak

(麻豆淫院Org.com) -- "Many groups have been working devices that make objects invisible," Che Ting Chan tells 麻豆淫院Org.com. 鈥淢ost of these devices, however, encompass the object to be cloaked.鈥 Chan, a scientist at The Hong ...

Mathematics Mar 5, 2009

Scientists closer to making invisibility cloak a reality

J.K. Rowling may not have realized just how close Harry Potter's invisibility cloak was to becoming a reality when she introduced it in the first book of her best-selling fictional series in 1998. Scientists, however, have ...

General 麻豆淫院ics Jan 15, 2009

Next generation cloaking device demonstrated

A device that can bestow invisibility to an object by "cloaking" it from visual light is closer to reality. After being the first to demonstrate the feasibility of such a device by constructing a prototype in 2006, a team ...

Jan 15, 2009

Now you see it, now you don't: Scientists unraveling the mystery of camouflage

At Hogwarts, Harry Potter uses an invisibility cloak to hide from his enemies. In nature, animals like cuttlefish and chameleons use the awe-inspiring tricks of camouflage to hide from theirs.

Internet Dec 19, 2008

Google Hold'em Poker: Does Google Have An OS Up Their Sleeve?

(麻豆淫院Org.com) -- Google card shark watchers have been placing side bets on the possibility that Google may be holding back some news on a new OS. The search giant has been the subject of rumors in Forbes, BoyGenius Blog, ...

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