Invisibility in time and space

[Bigdawg]

Wayyyyy cool...

In a paper published in the Journal of Optics, McCall said metamaterials made it theoretically possible to manipulate light rays as they enter a material so that some parts speed up and others slow down. This could create "blind spots" in time, masking an event. While the accelerated light arrives at a space before an event has happened, the rest of the light doesn't reach it until after the event.

Beam me up Scotty!!!

 

[James Burke]

Hmpfff...that's ancient history. I think Bill Clinton already proved that "event cloaking" was possible with Monica's dress.

 

[JasperST]

Fascinating. I'm still working on a way to install 12" letters on a 8" sign.

 

[SignStudent]

Fascinating. I'm still working on a way to install 12" letters on a 8" sign.

Lol I wish for that every day.

 

[Marlene]

it is cool. I saw this on the Science Channel a little while back and thought it would be interesting to see if they could really do this. the reason we see things is because of the way light bends and hits objects so it seems possible to figure out how to control that.

 

[ddarlak]

i luv chit like this....

freeze my head when i die, i wanna see the year 3000!!!

 

[drive]

perhaps tomorrow we can tackle the time travel 'pair of ducks'

 

[theskipman_98]

maybe building on the experience of the Philadelphia Experiment?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment

 

[Rooster]

Hello my name is Shrödinger. Have you seen my cat?