Jan. 7, 2012— -- Forget wrapping an object – say, Harry Potter – in a cloak of invisibility. How about hiding an event using time? What may be a distant dream for this year's Indianapolis Colts ...

“Cloaking” sounds sci-fi, but it’s actually a trick used today by spammers to show content moderators or search engine spiders an innocent-looking version of their site while real visitors just see ...

The concept of an invisibility cloak sounds like pure science fiction, but hiding something from view is theoretically possible, and in some very-controlled cases it's experimentally possible too. Now ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Oct. 26, 2006 RF Report described a demonstration of cloaking--making an object ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cloaking, or the ability to render oneself or one’s craft invisible, is a staple of science fiction stories from Star Trek to ...

Researchers and engineers have long sought ways to conceal objects by manipulating how light interacts with them. A new study offers the first demonstration of invisibility cloaking based on the ...

For centuries, humans have dreamed of fading into the background. Hunters have long wished to vanish into their surroundings, and these days, awkward moments at parties can evoke similar desires. But ...

For as long as human beings have been writing about fantasy, myth, and science fiction, the dream of invisibility has always been a top priority. While Star Trek brought the idea of a cloaking device ...

Cloaking devices and metamaterials are hot topics in the realm of science where optics blurs into materials science. By crafting materials that can interact with specific wavelengths of light, ...

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