Cloaking device could be a reality

Gobbledegeek · 3 May 2006 at 19:57

...at least according these guys:

The cloaking devices that are used to render spacecraft invisible in Star Trek might just work in reality, two mathematicians have claimed. 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.

Read the rest here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4968338.stm

Can't wait till it's available in a spray can.

As an after thought, what would you use it for if it was?

benjo plz. · 3 May 2006 at 19:58

favoured by Star Trek baddies such as the Romulans and Klingons.

Who the hell wrote this?

VeNT · 3 May 2006 at 19:59

someone made some clothes that took a image of what is behind you and projected it on the front a few years back, only worked in greens tho, forget where/who, maybe someone who cares could google for it.

iCraig · 3 May 2006 at 20:06

Phnom_Penh said:
Who the hell wrote this?

Sounds right to me. I remember it usually being Klingons who could cloak, and they're usually portrayed in an evil light.

Sparky__H · 3 May 2006 at 20:07

Looks like some half arsed attempt to score some funding to me TBPH.

benjo plz. · 3 May 2006 at 20:07

iCraig said:
Sounds right to me. I remember it usually being Klingons who could cloak, and they're usually portrayed in an evil light.

No, I mean the fact that it's totally irrelevant

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Sparky__H said:
Looks like some half arsed attempt to score some funding to me TBPH.

Hehe

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iCraig · 3 May 2006 at 20:09

Phnom_Penh said:
No, I mean the fact that it's totally irrelevant .

Hehe .

Nah as people who make the connection and find it easier to grasp. Same concept behind it, cloaking objects etc. Just obviously different technology.

Sounds interesting though.

MeatLoaf · 3 May 2006 at 20:25

Phnom_Penh said:
Who the hell wrote this?
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The Federation ship Defiant could cloak as well, the one sisko commanded at DS9.

Sparky__H · 3 May 2006 at 20:27

It’s a classic example of half arse content padding on a slow news day.

benjo plz. · 3 May 2006 at 21:12

MeatLoaf said:
The Federation ship Defiant could cloak as well, the one sisko commanded at DS9.

Buh?...

/Hides from Trekkies

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Amp34 · 3 May 2006 at 21:16

Does actually sound quite interesting, it sounds very similar to basic wave theory.

Dreadi · 3 May 2006 at 21:17

metal gear solid

BoomAM · 3 May 2006 at 21:18

Complete rubbish.
Some bored researchers doing very long & complex maths, thats so long, and so complex, that no-one can either understand or be bothered to, to check it.

Its daft. I could draw 6 lines on a piece of paper and say that its a graphical formula for creating a drink that could cure anything. No-one else understands it but me, no-one could refute the claims.

Thats all they've done. Made claims about something.

Gobbledegeek · 4 May 2006 at 00:55

ooops!
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/