We’re hanging out for a genuine invisibility cloak here at Gizmodo, and it looks like Chinese research into the problem may have hit on a working approach, although whether it’s a “cloak” is debatable. More »
Hiding behind a life-sized negative of yourself won’t actually turn you invisible. But researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have figured out how to use that same idea to make real-world objects vanish when shot with microwave energy. More »
Invisibility cloaks have been making headlines recently, whether underwater or in labs. They’re great for keeping you out of sight, but what if you want to move silently too? There’s the newly developed “silence cloak”. More »
While it only works on night scenarios, BAE’s Adaptiv technology holy-f**k-Batman demonstration has left me dumbfounded. It can make a tank, helicopter or a battleship fully invisible at night. Or disguise them as any other vehicle. More »
The Invisibility app is indeed magical. It takes a mediocre camera on your iPad 2 and turns it into something incredible. More »
Watch very closely as the camera pans around this landscape and try to locate the horde of soldiers – 20? 30? – hiding in plain sight. Apparently, some people in the military need no stinking magic cloaking technology to become invisible. More »
Your pervy, Harry Potter-fuelled dreams are edging closer to reality, now British scientists have used metamaterials to bend light in a different manner to previous attempts. Now, it works with a greater range of colours. More »
Invisibility cloak project is back on! It’s from a different team of scientists that were using silver-plated nanoparticles in water though, with these latest Harry Potter enthusiasts using photonic metamaterials to change light rays. More »
