Scientists unveil invisibility cloak

[NYYFAN]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science....ap/index.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/TE...ibility.ap.jpg In this 2003 photo, Tokyo University students use space-age material to make this student appear invisible.


Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects.

Previously, they only have been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects.
The findings, by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are to be released later this week in the journals Nature and Science.

The new work moves scientists a step closer to hiding people and objects from visible light, which could have broad applications, including military ones.

[NYYFAN]

Girls locker rooms will never be the same...

[Yero]

Man, that is insane.

[yankeesAZ]

Ah, that explains the lack of WMDs in Iraq!

[Bambino22]

Old news.

Harry Potter had one of these a long time ago.

[Centerhero]

The rest of my comment has been secretly cloaked.

Dang! Where's that baseball...
Shoot! Anyone seen the center fielder?
Was that a bat or a speeding invisible pedestrian?
Who's seen my city?
... ... ...?

[SalingerNY]

I'll be impressed when someone figures out how to make Red Sox Nation disappear. Until then, not so much.