Get out your invisibility ... carpet?
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Scientists at Imperial College London have come up with a theory for how to create a carpet that would make anything under it seem to disappear. The carpet, says John Pendry, one of the researcher working on the project, would work by altering the path of light that hits it, much like a controlled mirage. If it works, the material would be the first to work across the whole spectrum of visible light, where previous attempts have only been able to isolate some very specific wavelengths or colours.
An actual 'invisibility carpet', however, is likely still to be a long way off, as the research would create a material with a highly reflective surface, rather like a mirror - not exactly inconspicuous.
An actual 'invisibility carpet', however, is likely still to be a long way off, as the research would create a material with a highly reflective surface, rather like a mirror - not exactly inconspicuous.
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