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The Military Science Technology

How To See Through an Invisibility Cloak 201

AMESN writes "Ways to bend light around objects and render them invisible are becoming a major field of scientific study and gaining ground. While no actual invisibility cloak exists yet, researchers are also theorizing on how to beat the perfect cloak."
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How To See Through an Invisibility Cloak

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  • flour? (Score:2, Interesting)

    by korney ( 1469497 ) on Saturday December 05, 2009 @06:44PM (#30338966)
    > While no actual invisibility cloak exists yet, researchers are also theorizing on how to beat the perfect cloak."

    How about flour and water? This reminds me of a joke...
  • Re:Why worry? (Score:1, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 05, 2009 @09:25PM (#30340160)

    Active camouflage need only require that you emit the same light passing through. If you have a versatile enough emitter, you could absorb some light to observe and emit the rest on the other side. Thus you can have a perfect active cloak PLUS be able to observe as well. Net energy has to be around zero, so you'll be burning power to run it, but it's better than blindness.

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