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Real-Life ‘Invisibility Cloak’ Explained | WIRED

Videos of a new product being called an invisibility cloak recently surfaced online. WIRED’s Louise Matsakis spoke with its inventor and a physicist who studies optics to find out how it works and whether cloaking and invisibility are truly feasible. Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and…

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Videos of a new product being called an invisibility cloak recently surfaced online. WIRED’s Louise Matsakis spoke with its inventor and a physicist who studies optics to find out how it works and whether cloaking and invisibility are truly feasible.

Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. Here you can find your favorite WIRED shows and new episodes of our latest hit series Tradecraft.

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25 Comments

  1. Lord Derick

    November 18, 2019 at 1:19 am

    Ima make my predator alien hunter suit…

  2. Nazakat Ali

    November 18, 2019 at 3:20 am

    I wonder if we could make the ultimate spy plane with this?

  3. Clemente Cusato

    November 18, 2019 at 5:58 am

    Cool gadgets to kill people, that’s depressing.

  4. El Tavo

    November 18, 2019 at 7:17 am

    Great, crazy bad people can know about this know smh

  5. Elliot Reynolds

    November 18, 2019 at 8:42 am

    My body’s gone!

    – Harry Potter

  6. Anders ᛖᛚᛁᚨᛋᛖᚾ

    November 18, 2019 at 10:59 am

    Look at how much she’s blinking and smirking when he is explaining the science behind it to her. she’s totally blank lol. Shouldn’t she be doing makeup toturials or something

  7. Ice bear

    November 18, 2019 at 11:14 am

    Metal gear solid is going to get real

  8. Nueqq Loi

    November 18, 2019 at 11:55 am

    can you invite D-Low to show how he became a world champion of beatbox?

  9. Okidoki23

    November 18, 2019 at 12:33 pm

    I cannot handle the american voicecracks here, sorry.

  10. Tecumseh Silva

    November 18, 2019 at 1:18 pm

    Just do what peter Griffin did dress up like a clown because they will be looking for army guys

  11. AMAL K VINOD

    November 18, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    You talking about DREX..?

  12. Pineapple

    November 18, 2019 at 3:35 pm

    Imagine being i war and you see a blurry square in the bushes and you know what it is

  13. IAMDIMITRI

    November 18, 2019 at 5:09 pm

    That looks like the optics used inside the LCD screens ><

  14. FEN 宏

    November 18, 2019 at 9:51 pm

    The world: this is amazing. There are thousands of ways to use this.

    The US: A NEW WAR GEAR!!!!

  15. MyNameIsSalem394

    November 18, 2019 at 11:32 pm

    Jokes apart, what would it be a great use for this material for normal people in everyday life ?

  16. Connor Fitz-D

    November 19, 2019 at 12:24 am

    People will just start looking for the big blurry square out in the middle of a field… Found the tank

  17. Elise Erickson

    November 19, 2019 at 2:30 am

    In low light situations I bet this thing is scarily efficient

  18. The Roblox Phantom

    November 19, 2019 at 3:35 am

    My dad went to buy this and never came back. Guess it works!

  19. Prashant Timalsina

    November 19, 2019 at 3:55 am

    Just use kitchen glass… Pretty similar

  20. Bryan Brand

    November 19, 2019 at 5:08 am

    🇨🇦

  21. Kwadens

    November 19, 2019 at 5:38 am

    i want it. don’t ask why.

  22. Caleb Mekonnen

    November 19, 2019 at 5:51 am

    You can’t see me 👋.

    JOHN CENA

  23. xhimiz14

    November 19, 2019 at 10:30 am

    No offense, but the guy looks like he could play Joker quite well.
    This looks like an awesome invention, hope it’s put to good use.

  24. ZeroG84

    November 19, 2019 at 12:03 pm

    Reflection. Shape. Thermal.

  25. Aalim Mohammed

    November 19, 2019 at 2:15 pm

    It’s simple.

    He put a disillusionment charm on it

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We Tracked the Secret Police Microphones Hidden Everywhere | WIRED

ShotSpotter microphones are controversial surveillance devices designed to alert authorities to gunshots. But their exact locations have been kept secret from both the public and the police—until now. WIRED obtained leaked documents detailing the locations of over 25,500 of these devices, and what we learned abut how and where they’ve been deployed may surprise you.…

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ShotSpotter microphones are controversial surveillance devices designed to alert authorities to gunshots. But their exact locations have been kept secret from both the public and the police—until now. WIRED obtained leaked documents detailing the locations of over 25,500 of these devices, and what we learned abut how and where they’ve been deployed may surprise you.

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WIRED Luxury Gear Editor Jeremy White visits Shadow Six Racing in Florida to learn about and test drive the Typhoon: a quarter-million-dollar supercar jet ski that blows all competition out of the water—and there are only 8 in the world. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►►…

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Former National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Air Safety Investigator Gregory Feith joins WIRED to answers the internet’s burning questions about aviation accidents. What’s the safest seat on an airplane? How likely are you to be in an aviation accident? At what stage of flight to most accidents occur? Can a flock of birds really bring…

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Former National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Air Safety Investigator Gregory Feith joins WIRED to answers the internet’s burning questions about aviation accidents. What’s the safest seat on an airplane? How likely are you to be in an aviation accident? At what stage of flight to most accidents occur? Can a flock of birds really bring down a jet? Why don’t planes have parachutes to prevent crashing? What happens if a window on a plane cracks during flight? And what really happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370? Answers to these questions and many more await on Aviation Accident Support.

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5:35 Malaysia airlines flight 370
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