May 03, 2006
Star Trek cloaking device may be possible
Any Star Trek fan knew cell phones and DVDs were just around the corner. We saw the beauty of such technological marvels well before they became commodities. Now we are told cloaking devices may be possible.
The cloaking devices that are used to render spacecraft invisible in Star Trek might just work in reality, two mathematicians have claimed.I still want my phaser. I am getting tired of carrying out the trash and picking up dog poop.
They have outlined their concept in a research paper published in one of the UK Royal Society's scientific journals.Nicolae Nicorovici and Graeme Milton propose that placing certain objects close to a material called a superlens could make them appear to vanish.
Posted by Sid at May 3, 2006 05:59 PM | Makes You Think Hmm..
