See the Chinese stealth technology

Scientists in eastern China have unveiled a unique "cloak" technology that mysteriously disappeared.

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In a video released today, a team from the University of Zhejiang (China) and colleagues from the University of Nanyang (Singapore) unveiled a cure for a cat and a goldfish. technology "invisibility cloak".

However, unlike the version of the invisible cloak that Harry Potter wore, the "invisibility cloak" of the researchers was essentially a system of thin sheets of glass carefully arranged.

The mechanism of action of the invisibility cloak is to bend light around an object at the center of a special hexagonal glass structure to make the object invisible to the eye.

Zheng Bin, a researcher at Zhejiang University, explained that he and his collaborators have found a way to control the path of light, making it avoid objects they want to hide first. when approaching the human eye. According to the Shanghaiist newspaper, the team chose to make "invisibility cloak" from glass because of its transparency. They also do not need to use expensive nanotechnology because the human eye does not perceive the momentary delay of incoming light.

Chen Hongsheng, head of research at Zhejiang University, adds that stealth effects are only available if the audience views the object from a certain direction. "There are only objects in the six corners of the invisibility cloak," Chen said.

However, the device is more complex than previous experiments, which use only polarized or microscopic light that humans do not see.

The team is planning to improve the device more efficiently, adding more usable angles as well as making the shirt " lighter " . They hope that someday, technology can be developed to ensure that objects are "stealthy" from any angle, creating significant applications in many areas of security, entertainment and Detective.