A new cloak that hides objects from sound could really confuse a bat trying to echolocate in a cave. Sound waves striking a bump covered by the cloak bounce back as if they hit a flat wall instead.
A HOLEY SOUND An acoustic cloak made from holey strips of plastic metamaterial bends sound waves, making the object beneath acoustically undetectable.
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