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Invisibility: Cloaking Device.(SensorMetrix)(Brief article)
Byline: Karla Bruning
Trekkies, it's time to get excited. A team of researchers from Duke University, Imperial College and the technology firm SensorMetrix has finally taken a step toward catching up with Klingon technology: they've designed the first working invisibility cloak. It's made of a so-called metamaterial--a composite with unique electromagnetic properties--which causes microwave beams to bend around it, similar to how water might flow around a smooth rock. A plane or spaceship wrapped ...
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