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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.

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Real-Life ‘Invisibility Cloak’ Explained | WIRED

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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