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Invisible Men

by Evan Shamoon on April 10, 2007 at 07:32 PM

Ever since being called to the blackboard to spell "m-o-r-t-i-f-i-e-d" and pitching a pre-pubescent tent in front of your entire second grade class, the prospect of "going ghost" (i.e. turning invisible) has held quite an appeal.

Believe it or not, science has made some progress in the quest for invisibility. In light of the newest Harry Potter release, the fine people at gizmowatch have seen fit to condense said progress into a single feature meant to address all of your invisibility queries. The methods are diverse, ranging from the mundane (a video camera recording real-life footage from behind a subject, while a projector displays the scene on to his or her reflective jacket), to the decidedly futuristic (an Aston Martin made of metamaterials that bounce natural light around in invisibility-inducing way).

It's all presented in a rather digestible manner, full of the sorts of things you would think wouldn't work very well to communicate what "invisibility" looks like (read: pictures, videos), but actually, they do.

From gizmowatch.

Tags: invisibility

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