We’ve all seen Harry Potter’s magical invisible cloak in the popular movie series. Harry can simply wrap the cloak around himself or any other object and it becomes invisible. A cloak was created that was able to hide a bump on a piece of gold. The “cloak” works in three dimensions rather than two. The cloak is made of crystals with spaces in between, which bend light. The bump that was cloaked was microscopic, but it is believed that items of bigger scale can be cloaked eventually. To read more, click here.
It’s hard to tell where and what this study can lead to, but it is very interesting. This has no major impact yet in our everyday lives, but will be interesting to follow. This study has a long way to go until its relevance goes up. But this is still another thing that simply amazes us. God has clearly gifted these scientists to discover great things. This story will be interesting to watch in the future and someday when we are grandparents real life “Harry Potter invisibility cloaks” might exist.
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A very interesting post! The subject of invisibility is one that I find very interesting and exciting. There are a couple of things that the author did not mention.
One being how the scientists use the invisibility which is similar to cloaking. In cloaking special materials deflect radar, light or other waves around objects to make it appear invisible. In this case led by Ergin, the scientists used infrared light waves to achieve invisibility.
Obviously this technology was only successful on a speck of gold, but the project is still in its infancy. It is exciting to see how this will be developed and improved on in the future.