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Re:Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility by DocSavage on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @10:16PM (#2562654)
Here's the paper:

http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/upcoming_pdf.cfm?id=143769

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Re:Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility by blackRust on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @07:26PM (#2562281)
What is exactly new about this compared to (scientific paper link at bottom): http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2010/Title,59358,en...

I'm not a physicist but if someone knows enough that would be interesting.

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Re:Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility by ghempton on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @07:39PM (#2562327)
I was hoping for some pictures but....
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Re:Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility by rb2k_ on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @08:03PM (#2562376)
Seems like a fun project!

Does anyone know what the practical use of something like this would be?

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Re:Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility by JakeSc on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @10:13PM (#2562649)
The practical use of an invisibility cloak?
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Re:Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility by rb2k_ on Wednesday May 18, 2011 @10:16PM (#2562655)
Besides military and women's lockerrooms.
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Re:Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility by westcoastr13 on Thursday May 19, 2011 @06:05AM (#2563445)
Paint wind turbines with the material and you remove the only obstacle to placing them near population centres.
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Re:Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility by zcid on Friday May 20, 2011 @12:08PM (#2568237)
...or airports...?
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Re:Scientists Achieve Optical Invisibility by westcoastr13 on Thursday May 19, 2011 @06:06AM (#2563446)
And ninjas. Don't forget the ninjas.
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