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DO IT YOURSELF INVISIBILITY CLOAK

 

 

 

With 3-D Printing.  Just like the 2006 invisibility cloak, the newer version deflects microwave beams, but it is hoped that a more advanced cloak will work for higher wavelengths, including visible light.

 

Three-Dimensional (3-D) Printing involves a moving nozzle guided by a computer program laying down successive thin layers of a material -- usually a polymer plastic -- until a three-dimensional object is produced.

 

"I would argue that essentially anyone who can spend a couple thousand dollars on a non-industry grade 3-D printer can literally make a plastic cloak overnight," said Yaroslav Urzhumov, assistant research professor in electrical and computer engineering at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering.

Read more on this and on related invisibility cloak articles here:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130506103313.htm