Science following fiction yet again?
Researchers have demonstrated an idea for an invisibility cloak using calcite, a common crystalline material.
Cloaking relies on guiding light waves such that waves from a hidden object do not reach the eye.
Calcite accomplishes this by sending the two "polarisations" of light - directions in which the light waves oscillate - in different directions.
The work in Nature Communications can hide centimetre-sized objects, limited only by the calcite crystal's size.
The approach offers a simpler, more scalable route to invisibility than prior approaches.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12338447
Well, I think I can say with confidence that I trust my government with this technology.
:lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 01, 2011, 07:42:44 PM
Well, I think I can say with confidence that I trust my government with this technology.
:lulz:
:lulz:
I agree!
So it uses light in the same way that phasing effects sound. Interesting stuff.
As long as we beat the Romulans and Klingons Iranians and North Koreans to it.
Quote from: Doktor Blight on February 01, 2011, 07:48:07 PM
So it uses light in the same way that phasing effects sound. Interesting stuff.
As long as we beat the Romulans to it.
What's this "we" shit, Kimosabe? :lulz:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on February 01, 2011, 07:48:49 PM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on February 01, 2011, 07:48:07 PM
So it uses light in the same way that phasing effects sound. Interesting stuff.
As long as we beat the Romulans to it.
What's this "we" shit, Kimosabe? :lulz:
:lulz: Too quick for my edits.
Er, unless things have changed since I studied quantum physics, nobody has ever managed to recombine light that's been split with a polarizing field, even for something as simple as a laser beam.
I dunno but it seems to work pretty well in this setup where they cloaked a bunch of coffee beans:
(http://i.imgur.com/7SSYi.jpg)
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 04, 2011, 01:27:55 PM
I dunno but it seems to work pretty well in this setup where they cloaked a bunch of coffee beans:
(http://i.imgur.com/7SSYi.jpg)
and this fish.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V-TxdfNG3pc/Sgulddw8O4I/AAAAAAAAavw/Wxh69VY5Ns8/s400/hand+in+river,+632+am.jpg)
Quote from: Risus on February 07, 2011, 01:19:25 AM
Quote from: Triple Zero on February 04, 2011, 01:27:55 PM
I dunno but it seems to work pretty well in this setup where they cloaked a bunch of coffee beans:
(http://i.imgur.com/7SSYi.jpg)
and this fish.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V-TxdfNG3pc/Sgulddw8O4I/AAAAAAAAavw/Wxh69VY5Ns8/s400/hand+in+river,+632+am.jpg)
und this dog!
(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfVdUobYatWSP4oxC-Sr-DUjzMX0aNKqObohJ97PqXohk8yTQnbA)
(http://i.imgur.com/XpUld.jpg)
Assholes, this shit actually works.
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/473840165_de7ed637a3_o.jpg)
See?
Wait a minute ... this would totally explain Keira Knightly's tits :eek:
I wonder if this technology allows you to see out if you're cloaked.
Quote from: SHIBBOLEET THE ANNIHILATOR on February 09, 2011, 06:25:31 PM
I wonder if this technology allows you to see out if you're cloaked.
if it doesn't, and the technology is easily reproducible, i want to see the college pranks. they WILL be hilarious.