Comments on: For a Low-Cost Invisibility Cloak, Physicists Look to Crystals http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/02/02/for-a-low-cost-invisibility-cloak-physicists-look-to-crystals/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:57:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anastacia Medema http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/02/02/for-a-low-cost-invisibility-cloak-physicists-look-to-crystals/comment-page-1/#comment-1436504 Anastacia Medema Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:17:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25762#comment-1436504 I’m impressed, I must say. Really hardly ever do I encounter a weblog that’s each educative and entertaining, and let me inform you, you've hit the nail on the head. Your idea is outstanding; the problem is something that not enough individuals are speaking intelligently about. I am very comfortable that I stumbled across this in my seek for something regarding this. I’m impressed, I must say. Really hardly ever do I encounter a weblog that’s each educative and entertaining, and let me inform you, you’ve hit the nail on the head. Your idea is outstanding; the problem is something that not enough individuals are speaking intelligently about. I am very comfortable that I stumbled across this in my seek for something regarding this.

]]> By: Voldemorty http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/02/02/for-a-low-cost-invisibility-cloak-physicists-look-to-crystals/comment-page-1/#comment-621702 Voldemorty Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:03:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25762#comment-621702 So the crystal can hide a paperclip. The pertinent question is what is hiding the crystal? I thought the main point of an invisibility cloak is that it not only hides whats underneath it, but it itself isn't visible. Otherwise, just an ordinary kitchen tablecloth would count as an 'invisibility' cloak and I had been using it as a kid all those years ago! So the crystal can hide a paperclip. The pertinent question is what is hiding the crystal? I thought the main point of an invisibility cloak is that it not only hides whats underneath it, but it itself isn’t visible.

Otherwise, just an ordinary kitchen tablecloth would count as an ‘invisibility’ cloak and I had been using it as a kid all those years ago!

]]> By: Norbert http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/02/02/for-a-low-cost-invisibility-cloak-physicists-look-to-crystals/comment-page-1/#comment-620704 Norbert Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:43:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25762#comment-620704 So if you wave your hand up and down behind the crystals, will your hand appear "normal" if from the same view as the picture? Or will the image of your hand be warped because of the different directions of light travel? So if you wave your hand up and down behind the crystals, will your hand appear “normal” if from the same view as the picture? Or will the image of your hand be warped because of the different directions of light travel?

]]> By: SHARYL http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2011/02/02/for-a-low-cost-invisibility-cloak-physicists-look-to-crystals/comment-page-1/#comment-620672 SHARYL Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:15:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=25762#comment-620672 HELL YES! what an exciting time to be alive! HELL YES! what an exciting time to be alive!

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