Invisibility Cloak - new advances

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Recent advancements in metamaterials by researchers at Berkeley, led by Zhang, focus on bending light to create invisibility cloaks. These materials have potential applications beyond invisibility, including improvements in fiber optic switching by slowing down light and addressing internet signal bottlenecks. The discussion also touches on existing prototypes, with mention of a semi-invisible suit developed by a Japanese team. Interest in the practical applications of these technologies continues to grow. Overall, the exploration of metamaterials presents exciting possibilities for both invisibility and enhanced communication technologies.
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http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/08/11_light.shtml

An interesting article about work being done by Zhang of Berkeley on 'metamaterials', which are materials capable of bending light, which is useful for bending light around objects to make them invisible. They are also being considered for fibre optic switching, since they can slow light down and improve on one of the internet's bottleneck's, signal switching.

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Going to have a read this arvo, thanks for the link :D
 
I am curious if anyone knows of any prototype invisibility suits. As I recall a team in Japan made one that was semi invisible but but entirely.
 

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