"Cloaking devices"

[humanbydefault]

Great article EDITORGIRL35, I see what's taking place in their experiments.

As the article said, it's easier to work in geometricaly altered strucutures [as the case with metamaterials] than it is with nanotechnology. Light is much more complex than a specific microwave band of frequencies or some other E-M range of energies. One thing is common for both, as we all know: All E-M radiation [including light aswell] propagates throughout the eather at "c." [the speed of 300,000 km/sec. aprox.] The fact was stated by James Clerk Maxwell more than a century ago and forcasted by Michael Fraday even earlier [just with his personal intuition as unique evidence]. The whole thing lies in the mystery that will eventually explain how could we manage [alter, modify] the final spectrum of reflexion toward the sensors or observers. I mentioned in my first comment to Mike that some lizards have the ability to "blend" with the environment as the chemistry of his skin actually CHANGE THE WAY LIGHT IS "PROCESSED" INSIDE EACH MOLECULE." WE KNOW THAT MATTER HAS THE ABILITY TO ABSORVE RADIATION AND EMITT IT BACK TO THE VACCUM AFTER BEING [somehow] modified. Those little animals have inhereted the intuitive ways to "hide" themselves from potential enemies by doing what scientists are trying to find out in their labs today.

I have the feeling that we are still a long way to finally understand what cloacking really is. One thing I dare to say about it is that biological structures work better than artificially created materials so far. I wonder if one day humans would be capable of creating a synthetic type of "skin" capable of responding to the incoming frequency with the right configuration allowing a better approach to the perfect cloack...

I could imagine an artificial "skin" that would provide [while illuminated with visible light] the perfect configuration [molecular pattern or angle of bonding] that will provide a shield with a perfect disguise.
Something like reproducing a halogram image on front of the object using nothing more than the same background image hidden by the object itself.

...interesting subject don't you think?

HUMANBYDEFAULT

[mkirkpatrick]

HBD i think you may have an excellent idea there,but I feel something like an extra skin
to render one invisible to say radiated light,would I feel be used by the military for
espionage and warfare!

It could have many other uses of course,but the military would have first option.


regards michael.