The invisibility cloak from the Harry Potter series of books and movies is one step closer to becoming an actuality. Researchers from the University of Rochester have developed a lens that can hide objects, without visually disturbing the surroundings.
The invisibility cloak from the Harry Potter series of books and movies is one step closer to becoming an actuality.
Researchers from the University of Rochester have developed a lens that can hide objects, without visually disturbing the surroundings.
The lens has been named the Rochester Cloak, and although you can’t wear it, the lens hides an object behind it, while still allowing any images beyond that to be visible.
Joseph Choi, a PhD student at Rochester’s Institute of Optics who worked on the project is quoted as saying: “This is the first device that we know of that can do three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking, which works for transmitting rays in the visible spectrum.”
During the study, researchers tested the lens on a person’s hand, a human face, and a ruler.
The new technology could be used during surgery so that doctors can see what they’re working on through their hands, or on large vehicles to see through blind spots in traffic.
Previous attempts to make invisibility cloaks were expensive, but the Rochester Cloak only cost the researchers around one thousand dollars, and might be made even cheaper than that.
Scientists have released a video detailing how to make your own Rochester Cloak at home for the cost of around a hundred dollars.
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