While there are no more immediate Harry Potter movies to look forward to at the moment, this does not mean the world of Harry Potter has come to a grinding halt – there are segments of a theme park dedicated to it, not to mention having the presence of an entire museum, as the wonders of the world of magic is being brought alive by science. Take this cloaking device developed by researchers over at the University of Rochester for instance – while it is not an actual invisibility cloak per se, it is a handheld device that could see action across a range of situations.
Graduate student and researcher Joseph Choi, shared, “From what we know this is the first cloaking device that provides three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking. I imagine this could be used to cloak a trailer on the back of a semi-truck so the driver can see directly behind him. It can be used for surgery, in the military, in interior design, art.”
Do bear in mind that this is definitely not the first cloaking device project ever, and neither does it look set to be the last. However, this particular cloaking device effort will not distort the background, but rather, it will do so to the subject itself, and the entire shebang would not cost more than a Benjamin, which you are able to comfortably bring together in your own home, now how about that?
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