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Now, an invisibility cloak you can see

Device hides objects in visible wavelengths

By Devin Powell

- More than 2 years ago

The first invisibility cloaks that live up to their whimsical nickname have arrived.

A BUMPLESS LOG A detector looking for visible light bouncing off a bump on a surface sees a distortion of the light (left). But when the light strikes a new cloak designed to hide the bump, it bounces just as it would off a flat surface (right).