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The first working "invisibility cloak".(SCIENCE SCENE)(Brief article)
The first working "invisibility cloak"--which deflects microwave beams so they flow around a "hidden" object inside with little distortion, making it appear almost as if nothing was there at all--has been demonstrated by engineers at ...
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