>Nick Lidser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unveiling the invisible cloak
> http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/05/25/invisible-cloak.html <snip> > A cloak made of a "metamaterial" wouldn't reflect > light or cast a shadow. > > All light or other electromagnetic waves would be > steered around the object, > making it invisible, said study author David Smith, > a professor of > electrical and computer engineering at Duke > University in Durham, N.C. > > "The theory has only now become relevant because we > can make metamaterials > with the properties we are looking for," Smith said > in a release. > > No such cloak exists yet... Ah, but a fur coat does! As everyone knows, the hair of unicorns has just those special properties which bends EM energy around them, thus rendering them invisible to us when standing still. (They create blurs of light and shadow when moving.) Felines, naturally, *do* have the special retinal adaptations which allow them to see unicorns and other "invisible" creatures, hence their occasional 'inexplicable' stares.# I'm *so* glad that science has finally proven my pet theory... Debbi Invisible Teal Unicorns Maru ;-) #There's a story in _Catfantastic_, IIRC, about some cats and the computer-generated bogies they thwart. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
