Sunday, November 7, 2010

Finally, an invisibility cloak!

Apparently, Harry Potter wasn't just blowing smoke when he donned his invisibility cloak.

That's right, it exists.

Well, not yet... but scientists are getting closer every passing moment. They've discovered a new "Matematerial" that can actually manipulate light to the point of the material acting as an invisibility screen. It's not perfect yet, but, the scientists are trying to perfect the way to make these materials harness light better. The material basically absorbs light, then internally bounces it around until the desired point of release. This release makes whatever light that was on one side of the invisibility screen, visible on the other side. In other words... once they have this material all sorted out, and you wrap it around someone... they will, for all intensive purposes, be invisible.

Imagine the possibilities! People could be... well someone could be watching me right now, and I wouldn't even know it... hmmm now this idea is sounding just plain creepy. I certainly wouldn't want the general public to get their hands on this, as cool as it would be to have an invisibility cloak. The number of crimes and general unlawful acts that would be committed with these things is too great to count, so here's what I think:

Once finishes, this invisibility cloak should only be used for scientific, military, and law-enforcement purposes. That way, random people off the street won't be magically disappearing as they walk off the street, and our country will be safer with our soldiers using the cloak. The police could use it to sneak up on a criminal during a hostage situation, or really for any dangerous mission.

Or you could do what I'd do and walk around as a floating head all day... up to you.

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