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Science reveals secrets of invisibility

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I like how they threw that little tidbit in at then end so that people won't think they're gonna get an invisible cloak....Tee Hee...

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That's interesting. It would be a little better if you could see when you're invisible at least it's a start
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Invisibility Cloak "Feasible Now"

Richard A. Lovett
for National Geographic News
November 20, 2008

The latest milestone in the quest for a Harry Potter-like invisibility cloak has been reached: a way of bending the geometry of space so that light from all directions travels around an object, rather than hitting it.

Unable to interact with light, the hidden object is therefore invisible, a new study found.

More/Source: http://snipurl.com/65v14 [news_nationalgeographic_com]

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