Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Two New Cloaking Devices Close In on True Invisibility

Richard A. Lovett
for National Geographic News
May 6, 2009
"Cloaking devices, like the Star Trek technology that can make whole Romulan warships disappear, came a step closer to reality last week."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090506-cloaking-device-star-trek.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090506-cloaking-device-star-trek_2.html
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Invisibility Cloaks Possible, Study Says
Sean Markeyfor National Geographic News
May 25, 2006
"Rarely, if ever, does physics news pique the interest of Pentagon brass, Harry Potter fans, and aspiring Romulans—those cloaking-device-wielding Star Trek baddies."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/060525-invisibile.html
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Invisibility Shields Planned by Engineers
James Owen in Londonfor National Geographic News
February 28, 2005
"In popular science fiction, the power of invisibility is readily apparent. Star Trek fans, for example, know that the devious Romulans could make their spaceships suddenly disappear."
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0228_050228_invisibility.html
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/06/nanotechnology/thiessen-photography
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http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post.html

Friday, May 01, 2009

Invisibility cloak edges closer

Thursday, 30 April 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8025886.stm
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{The Predator is an alien humanoid with advanced technology and a penchant for hunting difficult game. With interstellar travel capability, multi-spectrum vision enhancement (although the film only shows him seeing the infrared), and a light-bending armor suit...}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_(movie)#Overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_(movie)#Special_effects
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093773/
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http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Cloaking_device
http://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-post_08.html
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 11:53 UK
Web tool 'as important as Google'
A web tool that "could be as important as Google", according to some experts, has been shown off to the public.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8026331.stm