Comments on: Levitation Mystery Solved http://timelesssky.com/blog/levitation-mystery-solved anything under the sky Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:13:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/levitation-mystery-solved#comment-233 sky Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:57:33 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/levitation-mystery-solved#comment-233 <a href="http://technology.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12722&feedId=online-news_rss20" rel="nofollow">Gold rings create first true invisibility cloak</a>. (NewScientist.com) The world's first true invisibility cloak – a device able to hide an object in the visible spectrum – has been created by physicists in the US. But don't expect it to compete with stage magic tricks. <u>So far it only works in two dimensions and on a tiny scale</u>. Gold rings create first true invisibility cloak. (NewScientist.com)
The world’s first true invisibility cloak – a device able to hide an object in the visible spectrum – has been created by physicists in the US. But don’t expect it to compete with stage magic tricks. So far it only works in two dimensions and on a tiny scale.

]]> By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/levitation-mystery-solved#comment-20 sky Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:51:06 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/levitation-mystery-solved#comment-20 Is a perfect invisible cloak theoretically possible? Are there certain wavelengths—such as those in the visible spectrum—that can’t be made invisible? How will using imperfect materials affect the performance of a cloak? <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news107011336.html" rel="nofollow">Scientists from Zhejiang University and MIT have recently analyzed the physics behind invisibility cloaks in an attempt to answer some of these questions</a>. Is a perfect invisible cloak theoretically possible? Are there certain wavelengths—such as those in the visible spectrum—that can’t be made invisible? How will using imperfect materials affect the performance of a cloak? Scientists from Zhejiang University and MIT have recently analyzed the physics behind invisibility cloaks in an attempt to answer some of these questions.

]]> By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/levitation-mystery-solved#comment-17 sky Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:30:54 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/levitation-mystery-solved#comment-17 <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/09/feature.invisibility/index.html?iref=newssearch" rel="nofollow">Science reveals secrets of invisibility</a> (from CNN) <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6064620.stm" rel="nofollow">A US-British team of scientists has successfully tested a cloak of invisibility in the laboratory</a> (from BBC News) Science reveals secrets of invisibility (from CNN)

A US-British team of scientists has successfully tested a cloak of invisibility in the laboratory (from BBC News)

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