Comments on: Invisibility Cloak demoed at TED2013 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 11:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Joseph Edgar Balita http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1667275 Joseph Edgar Balita Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1667275 Imagine someone from the Pentagon watching this. Suddenly they'd try to think of StarCraft-esque detector technology. Imagine someone from the Pentagon watching this. Suddenly they’d try to think of StarCraft-esque detector technology.

]]> By: sparky3489 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1666125 sparky3489 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1666125 YAY for 2nd grade science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY for 2nd grade science!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665910 Nathan Hornby Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665910 Is it editors all the way down? Is it editors all the way down?

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665904 Dean Putney Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665904 Who edits the editors, Nathan? Who edits the editors, Nathan?

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665728 Nash Rambler Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665728 RON: Oh, wait, there he is, in Abbottabad. . . RON: Oh, wait, there he is, in Abbottabad. . .

]]> By: alan duda http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665472 alan duda Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665472 imagine how much time we'd have saved if Bin Laden was just on the Marauder's Map imagine how much time we’d have saved if Bin Laden was just on the Marauder’s Map

]]> By: Lotney http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665415 Lotney Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665415 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw30DykZr6M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw30DykZr6M

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665406 Nash Rambler Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665406 Wow.  The military is going to be more excited about this than when that professor from Medfield College flew a Model T around the congressional dome. Wow.  The military is going to be more excited about this than when that professor from Medfield College flew a Model T around the congressional dome.

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665366 SamSam Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665366 So does it work from all angles? I might have guessed that the crystalline structure might be similar to, say, fiber optics, which would carry light from the front to the back but not from side-to-side. So does it work from all angles? I might have guessed that the crystalline structure might be similar to, say, fiber optics, which would carry light from the front to the back but not from side-to-side.

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665361 Nathan Hornby Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665361 I love BB, swing by at least a million times a day; but I have to ask, knowing the content and the posters - what does a <em>second</em> editor do? I often wonder what the first one is up to - or is it just a title? I love BB, swing by at least a million times a day; but I have to ask, knowing the content and the posters – what does a second editor do? I often wonder what the first one is up to – or is it just a title?

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665348 Art Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665348 Saw the vid on your link a few hours ago.  Astonishing!  Purely optical.  I hope that Mr. Zhang can take this to a higher level. Saw the vid on your link a few hours ago.  Astonishing!  Purely optical. 

I hope that Mr. Zhang can take this to a higher level.

]]> By: Andrei Daniel http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665344 Andrei Daniel Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665344 After searching for severel minutes I didn't find the video! Rookie... After searching for severel minutes I didn’t find the video! Rookie…

]]> By: Sceadugenga http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665335 Sceadugenga Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665335 There's a freely-accessible paper from the same team here: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/63912 There’s a freely-accessible paper from the same team here:
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/63912

]]> By: yadayada http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665284 yadayada Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665284 The link in the story has been boingboinged: <blockquote>Error (509)This account's public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled! </blockquote> The link in the story has been boingboinged:

Error (509)This account’s public links are generating too much traffic and have been temporarily disabled!

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665267 ldobe Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665267 From what I understand, these calcite crystals are doing the same thing as a fibreoptic cable.  Like a real life version of the photoshop heal tool right?  Substitutes light from one spot in another, so it looks like nothing's there? From what I understand, these calcite crystals are doing the same thing as a fibreoptic cable.  Like a real life version of the photoshop heal tool right?  Substitutes light from one spot in another, so it looks like nothing’s there?

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665256 Kimmo Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665256 <i>Dropbox</i> for a vid? What's wrong with Youtube? Not like I can't grab my own copy from there. Dropbox for a vid?

What’s wrong with Youtube? Not like I can’t grab my own copy from there.

]]> By: Dimitrios Papagiannis http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665252 Dimitrios Papagiannis Tue, 26 Feb 2013 05:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665252 video gone video gone

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665245 Dean Putney Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665245 Her first post, too! A momentous occasion indeed. Her first post, too! A momentous occasion indeed.

]]> By: Gerald Mander http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665243 Gerald Mander Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665243 No, wait -- I just realized that the video is there, but <i>it's invisible!</i> Proof of its effectiveness! No, wait — I just realized that the video is there, but it’s invisible! Proof of its effectiveness!

]]> By: liquidself http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665217 liquidself Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665217 ! It's a No-Box! ! It’s a No-Box!

]]> By: pdffs http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665215 pdffs Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665215 Yeah, pics or it didn't happen :( Yeah, pics or it didn’t happen :(

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665210 David Pescovitz Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665210 Ladies and gentlemen, bOING bOING co-founder and longtime editrix-in-chief, Ms. Carla Sinclair! If you don't know, now you know. Ladies and gentlemen, bOING bOING co-founder and longtime editrix-in-chief, Ms. Carla Sinclair! If you don’t know, now you know.

]]> By: Gerald Mander http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665202 Gerald Mander Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665202 The dropbox link has been disabled due to heavy traffic. Wahhh. The dropbox link has been disabled due to heavy traffic. Wahhh.

]]> By: Jeremy Sweeney http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665192 Jeremy Sweeney Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665192 It's a prism. So basically, they're gonna make the shields from Dune. I'm psyched. It’s a prism. So basically, they’re gonna make the shields from Dune. I’m psyched.

]]> By: Arnaud Clermonte http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665187 Arnaud Clermonte Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665187 I bet it wouldn't work if the background was something else than vertical stripes... I bet it wouldn’t work if the background was something else than vertical stripes…

]]> By: gadfly http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665172 gadfly Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665172 A million fucking dollars. A million fucking dollars.

]]> By: liquidself http://boingboing.net/2013/02/25/invisibility-cloak-demoed-at-t.html#comment-1665168 liquidself Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=215367#comment-1665168 I'm not sure what I'm looking at; but I'm stealing it. I’m not sure what I’m looking at; but I’m stealing it.

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