From MSNBC:
Researchers say they are rapidly closing in on new types of materials that can throw a cloak of invisibility around objects, fulfilling a fantasy that is as old as ancient myths and as young as “Star Trek” and the Harry Potter novels. Unlike those tales of fictional invisibility, the real-life technologies usually have a catch. Nevertheless, limited forms of invisibility might be available to the military sooner than you think.
“We’re very confident that at radar frequencies, these materials can be implemented on a time scale of 18 months or so,” John Pendry of Imperial College London told MSNBC.com. The most exotic technologies involve “metamaterials,” blends of polymers and tiny coils or wires that twist the paths of electromagnetic radiation.
“There are recipes for controlling metamaterials,” explained
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