Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisble, but only in the microwav...

Courtesy Engadget  Sat, 01/28/2012 - 02:39

Okay, so we're not up to USS Pegasus levels yet, but for the first time researchers have been able to cloak a three dimensional object.

Don't start planning your first trip to the Hogwarts library restricted section just yet though, the breakthrough is only in the microwave region of the EM spectrum.

Using a shell of plasmonic materials, it's possible to create a "photo negative" of the object being cloaked in order to make it disappear....


 

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