Russian Inventor Patents Invisibility Cloak
Created: 26.01.2006 09:11 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 12:27 MSK
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A professor from the department of quantum and optical electronics of the Ulyanovsk State University in western Russia has patented a method of making things invisible, Interfax news agency reported.
The so-called invisibility cloak, created by Oleg Gadomsky, is called “The method of conversion of optical radiation” in the patent.
Gadomsky had been long experimenting on nanoparticles of gold. He now claims to have invented a sub-micron stratum of microscopical colloid golden particles that makes an object placed behind it invisible to an observer.
“Only static objects can be made invisible for the time being, as during motion the radiation frequency changes. But soon it will be possible to create a cap of darkness and a magic cloak like Harry Potter’s,” the scientist believes.
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Wow! I just Googled this and there are a bunch of hits on this. I wonder if this is really for real? I imagine governments and stuff would love to get their hands on something like that. Just imagine something like that. It would really change the world.
I don't believe it. It is scientifical (major sp?) not possible to become invisible.. maybe he likes the attention.. 
| QUOTE (Lynn @ Feb 7 2006, 08:42 AM) |
| I don't believe it. It is scientifical (major sp?) not possible to become invisible.. maybe he likes the attention.. |
Aha, I totally agree with you
It's unbelievable 
And by the way...who doesn't like the attention? 
Regardless of the issue of whether it's really for real or not (which I agree is sketchy at best), who says it's impossible to become invisible? A lot of things that were once considered scientific impossibilities are now happening today. People can be brought back to life after having been technically "dead." If that can happen, then who's to say there isn't a process through which one can become invisible?
It's just not possible to make a human body invisble. Nothing can become invisible. To bring a dead person back to life, óf course it's possible.. thats much easier. You just have to re-activate the heart. But becoming invisible.. No.
I remember reading something similar to this in which the US government has been experimenting on making their soldiers invisible. Well, not totally invisible. They'd be transparent, but it would be hard to see someone transparent hiding in a forest or something. However, I think this is a long way off (unless they're hiding it in some underground bunker). The problem is, it would probably cost so much for a single soldier, so a government might rather save their money...or use it on elite soldiers...but anyone who is invisible or close to it is an elite soldier
I agree with agent, it is not impossible. Here is a link to a real video that was aired in public in Tokyo (obviously it was a little different when they aired it, you'll see why). By the way, the US government has confirmed the video's validity.
http://www.m90.org/index.php?id=10721
http://www.m90.org/index.php?id=10721
OMG! Something about that video is terribly funny. 
I don't think that it's possible to become invisble, I mean you can't just make all the gooey stuff inside of people disppear, can you?
I don't really know much about physics and all that jazz, though.
What would an invisiblity cloak be made of anyways?
I don't think that it's possible to become invisble, I mean you can't just make all the gooey stuff inside of people disppear, can you?
I don't really know much about physics and all that jazz, though.
What would an invisiblity cloak be made of anyways?
Let me just ask: how can you see through glass and water, for instance. Aren't there millions of particals that should be obstructing your view? Water is not as 'see-through' as glass, but the principle is the same. So, what if you could change the condition of molecules and atoms so that they are see-through.
Imagine the fright on a Neanderthal's face if he could fly in an aeroplane. Just try to think for one second how it would feel to think of the sky as somewhere you can't go . Like it's a place you see everyday, but only birds can go there. Same with this - I believe that anything is possible. Even scientific theories that have been scientifically proved wrong have turned out right.
Whose to say this is impossible...
Imagine the fright on a Neanderthal's face if he could fly in an aeroplane. Just try to think for one second how it would feel to think of the sky as somewhere you can't go . Like it's a place you see everyday, but only birds can go there. Same with this - I believe that anything is possible. Even scientific theories that have been scientifically proved wrong have turned out right.
Whose to say this is impossible...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The key to creating a Harry Potter-like invisibility cloak lies in manmade materials unlike any in nature or the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, researchers say.
They’re laying out a blueprint for turning science fiction into reality. And they say that, in theory, nothing’s stopping them from making such a cloak.
Well, almost nothing: They still need to perfect the manufacture of those exotic materials with an ability to steer light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation around a cloaked object, rendering it as invisible as something tucked into a hole in space.
“Is it science fiction? Well, it’s theory and that already is not science fiction. It’s theoretically possible to do all these Harry Potter things, but what’s standing in the way is our engineering capabilities,” said John Pendry, a physicist at the Imperial College London. Details of the study, which Pendry co-wrote, appear in Thursday’s online edition of the journal Science.
Scientists not involved in the work said it presents a solid case for making invisibility an attainable goal.
“This is very interesting science and a very interesting idea and it is supported on a great mathematical and physical basis,” said Nader Engheta, a professor of electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Engheta has done his own work on invisibility using novel materials called metamaterials.
Pendry and his co-authors also propose using metamaterials because they can be tuned to bend electromagnetic radiation — radio waves and visible light, for example — in any direction.
A cloak made of those materials, with a structure designed down to the submicroscopic scale, would neither reflect light nor cast a shadow.
Instead, like a river streaming around a smooth boulder, light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation would strike the cloak and simply flow around it, continuing on as if it never bumped up against an obstacle. That would give an onlooker the apparent ability to peer right through the cloak, with everything tucked inside concealed from view.
“Yes, you could actually make someone invisible as long as someone wears a cloak made of this material,” said Patanjali Parimi, a Northeastern University physicist and design engineer at Chelton Microwave Corp. in Bolton, Mass. Parimi was not involved in the research.
Such a cloak does not exist, but early versions that could mask microwaves and other forms of electromagnetic radiation could be as close as 18 months away, Pendry said. He said the study was “an invitation to come and play with these new ideas.”
“We will have a cloak after not too long,” he said.
The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency supported the research, given the obvious military applications of such stealthy technology.
While Harry Potter could wear his cloak to skulk around Hogwarts, a real-world version probably would not be something just to be thrown on, Pendry said.
“To be realistic, it’s going to be fairly thick. Cloak is a misnomer. ’Shield’ might be more appropriate,” he said.
By ANDREW BRIDGES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.freep.com
They’re laying out a blueprint for turning science fiction into reality. And they say that, in theory, nothing’s stopping them from making such a cloak.
Well, almost nothing: They still need to perfect the manufacture of those exotic materials with an ability to steer light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation around a cloaked object, rendering it as invisible as something tucked into a hole in space.
“Is it science fiction? Well, it’s theory and that already is not science fiction. It’s theoretically possible to do all these Harry Potter things, but what’s standing in the way is our engineering capabilities,” said John Pendry, a physicist at the Imperial College London. Details of the study, which Pendry co-wrote, appear in Thursday’s online edition of the journal Science.
Scientists not involved in the work said it presents a solid case for making invisibility an attainable goal.
“This is very interesting science and a very interesting idea and it is supported on a great mathematical and physical basis,” said Nader Engheta, a professor of electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Engheta has done his own work on invisibility using novel materials called metamaterials.
Pendry and his co-authors also propose using metamaterials because they can be tuned to bend electromagnetic radiation — radio waves and visible light, for example — in any direction.
A cloak made of those materials, with a structure designed down to the submicroscopic scale, would neither reflect light nor cast a shadow.
Instead, like a river streaming around a smooth boulder, light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation would strike the cloak and simply flow around it, continuing on as if it never bumped up against an obstacle. That would give an onlooker the apparent ability to peer right through the cloak, with everything tucked inside concealed from view.
“Yes, you could actually make someone invisible as long as someone wears a cloak made of this material,” said Patanjali Parimi, a Northeastern University physicist and design engineer at Chelton Microwave Corp. in Bolton, Mass. Parimi was not involved in the research.
Such a cloak does not exist, but early versions that could mask microwaves and other forms of electromagnetic radiation could be as close as 18 months away, Pendry said. He said the study was “an invitation to come and play with these new ideas.”
“We will have a cloak after not too long,” he said.
The Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency supported the research, given the obvious military applications of such stealthy technology.
While Harry Potter could wear his cloak to skulk around Hogwarts, a real-world version probably would not be something just to be thrown on, Pendry said.
“To be realistic, it’s going to be fairly thick. Cloak is a misnomer. ’Shield’ might be more appropriate,” he said.
By ANDREW BRIDGES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.freep.com
LOL Where did you find this article? This is fantastic. Brings to mind that show you taped 'William Shatner's World of Star Trek" or whatever it was called - the communicators that were developed into what today we call cell phones, and the like. But those transporters are still being a bit difficult to perfect. 
Anyway, on a more sirius, sorry... serious note: the military has been working for years in perfecting their design of the stealth bomber. The way the plane is shaped helps it deflect radar thus allowing it to appear invisible. And if anyone wants to go back a few decades, the so called Philadelphia Project (Experiment) was an early testing on the military's part in the field of invisibilty. Although the incident is still to this day listed as classified there has been a great deal of speculation and rumor as to what actually occurred in the Philadelphia shipyard.
Isn't it amazing what our hard earned tax dollars go toward.
Anyway, on a more sirius, sorry... serious note: the military has been working for years in perfecting their design of the stealth bomber. The way the plane is shaped helps it deflect radar thus allowing it to appear invisible. And if anyone wants to go back a few decades, the so called Philadelphia Project (Experiment) was an early testing on the military's part in the field of invisibilty. Although the incident is still to this day listed as classified there has been a great deal of speculation and rumor as to what actually occurred in the Philadelphia shipyard.
Isn't it amazing what our hard earned tax dollars go toward.
This was in new scientist a couple of weeks ago, it sounds great, but they did make it clear that it wouldn't be an invisibility cloak like in the Harry Potter movies, and it can be made in theory. there is a big step from that to actually making one.
I do think it's possible, but it's going to be a long time from now before they can actually make it. Nothing is impossible.
If I was like filthy, stickin' rich I would hire a scientest to make me 19797474363535 cloaks!!!
If I was like filthy, stickin' rich I would hire a scientest to make me 19797474363535 cloaks!!!
gawd! like that would be great if they had them..... but it would cost a lot of money to make them right? it would be an excuse for ghosts in the future if they make it.
that would be awesome to have a real Invisibility Cloak and yes it would cost alot of money only rich epoplle would be able to buy them. but if i had one it would great i could get away with so much stuff it would be bad. and i pretty sure everyone would agree with me when i say i would so scare so many people with one of them just walk up behind them and scare them and then keep doing it. life would be so much better with a Invisibility Cloak.
I saw this on CNN.com I think, in May or June, and I was really interested because I didnt actually think it was possible, but then I read the article and it wont make you invisible, per se, but the fabric contrasts against space and it makes you look like you arent standing there. I think I remember it saying something about light and the way the fabric was made. And the earliest model would be ready in 2007 sometime. I think its really cool.
This article isn't about the invisibility cloak, but it's sort of related. It seems they've discovered a mineral which is the same as the Kryptonite of Superman fame! At this rate, everything in our fantasies might eventually come true! 
Here is the article link:
The article:
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The article:
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LONDON (Reuters) - Kryptonite, which robbed Superman of his powers, is no longer the stuff of comic books and films.
A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition as the fictional kryptonite from outer space, used by the superhero's nemesis Lex Luther to weaken him in the film "Superman Returns".
"We will have to be careful with it -- we wouldn't want to deprive Earth of its most famous superhero!," said Dr Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at the Natural History Museum.
Stanley, who revealed the identity of the mysterious new mineral, discovered the match after searching the Internet for its chemical formula - sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide.
"I was amazed to discover that same scientific name written on a case of rock containing kryptonite stolen by Lex Luther from a museum in the film Superman Returns," he said.
The substance has been confirmed as a new mineral after tests by scientists at the Natural History Museum and the National Research Council in Canada.
But instead of the large green crystals in Superman comics, the real thing is a white, powdery substance which contains no fluorine and is non-radioactive.
The mineral, to be named Jadarite, will go on show at the the Natural History Museum at certain times of the day on Wednesday, April 25, and Sunday, May 13.
A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition as the fictional kryptonite from outer space, used by the superhero's nemesis Lex Luther to weaken him in the film "Superman Returns".
"We will have to be careful with it -- we wouldn't want to deprive Earth of its most famous superhero!," said Dr Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at the Natural History Museum.
Stanley, who revealed the identity of the mysterious new mineral, discovered the match after searching the Internet for its chemical formula - sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide.
"I was amazed to discover that same scientific name written on a case of rock containing kryptonite stolen by Lex Luther from a museum in the film Superman Returns," he said.
The substance has been confirmed as a new mineral after tests by scientists at the Natural History Museum and the National Research Council in Canada.
But instead of the large green crystals in Superman comics, the real thing is a white, powdery substance which contains no fluorine and is non-radioactive.
The mineral, to be named Jadarite, will go on show at the the Natural History Museum at certain times of the day on Wednesday, April 25, and Sunday, May 13.
That would be awsome if he could invent that! But, the govenment is probably the only one who will use it. I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome. That'll be so cool! That's unbelievable! Absolutely amazing! (I am fascinated by stuff like this) *cough* Oh, yes, sorry. That'll be interesting but I doubt they will sell them to people. It'll probably be only for government, navy, airforce and army use though cause it's new technology. I've also heard of them trying to teleport things. And I think they (From what I understand) have teleported atoms or microscopic particles or something like that. It's crazy what's fiction today is reality tomorrow . SO COOL! *claps for the brilliant scientists who come up with this stuff* I want to be a scientist now! It's amazing and fascinating how they come up with things like these. Science always has fascinated me. It's blows your mind away. *claps for science for being so cool and unbelievable* Oh and here's the thing on teleportation
Absolutely amazing. *claps once again for brilliant scientists*
Absolutely amazing. *claps once again for brilliant scientists*
Whoah! If thats real then theres one thing magical of Harry Potter that has entered the muggle world.
Wow!
I think thats all i can say for the time being ,but how cool would that be!! Imagine if they did get to make one and they produced loads..and we could all get them lol. Thats a scary thought actually, what if you like bumped into someone in the street or something? Not that it would probably happen, but you never know. I gotta say this though, although i may get hated, shouldnt the guy really of invested his time ( and most probably money) into , i dont know, supporting a medicine to cure cancer or stop starvation or something? It definetly would benefit others more then a invisibility cloak.
I think thats all i can say for the time being ,but how cool would that be!! Imagine if they did get to make one and they produced loads..and we could all get them lol. Thats a scary thought actually, what if you like bumped into someone in the street or something? Not that it would probably happen, but you never know. I gotta say this though, although i may get hated, shouldnt the guy really of invested his time ( and most probably money) into , i dont know, supporting a medicine to cure cancer or stop starvation or something? It definetly would benefit others more then a invisibility cloak.
This kind of invention,as exciting as it seems,strikes me as something that wouldn't be used peoperly or for the right reasons.I mean wouldn't it be so easy to hide and abduct a child with an invisibility cloak? And even if it's only for the government it could open even more frightening posibilities! The terminators will be coming soon to warn us of out future.And as for myself, i will take their warning seriously....i noticed i just rambled about Terminator.Anyway i guess im apprehensive about something that would aid in secrecy.
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