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Mathematicians Design Invisible Tunnel

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posted on May, 4 2007 @ 09:33 PM
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Mathematicians Design Invisible Tunnel


www.sciam.com

Call it Harry Potter's invisible sleeve. New calculations show how to make an electromagnetic "wormhole"—a tube that is invisible from the sides but allows light to shine down the center.

The concept is a twist on a spherical cloak of invisibility proposed last year. Such a device would be made of metamaterial, a thicket of metal rings or other shapes that bends light in funny ways. A hollow shell of metamaterial could in principle channel light around its inner space without slowing the light down, rendering that hidey-hole invisible to the outside world.
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posted on May, 4 2007 @ 09:33 PM
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Very interesting stuff indeed. I love when science fiction begins to become science fact.

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posted on May, 4 2007 @ 09:56 PM
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Originally posted by MajorMalfunction


Very interesting stuff indeed. I love when science fiction begins to become science fact.

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Interesting, but why did scientists skip over the flying car idea, or the home robot?



posted on May, 6 2007 @ 12:20 AM
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I didn't think "hidey-hole" was a scientific term. Cool stuff though, them hidey-holes. Gotta get me one.



posted on May, 6 2007 @ 04:11 AM
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It would seem that cloaking is just arounld the straight line!

If light can be made to disappear and God said "Let there be light" is the disappearence of said light going to be a sticking point and upset said God?



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