'Cloaking' device uses ordinary lenses to hide objects across continuous range of angles

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 12:31 in Physics & Chemistry

Inspired perhaps by Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, scientists have recently developed several ways—some simple and some involving new technologies—to hide objects from view. The latest effort, developed at the University of Rochester, not only overcomes some of the limitations of previous devices, but it uses inexpensive, readily available materials in a novel configuration.

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