Cloaking technology may be one step closer to reality, and researches say it might be used to shield buildings and oil rigs from the devastating effects of earthquakes and tsunamis.

Cloaking, that perennial technology of comic books and sci-fi series, may be one step closer to reality.

Researchers have developed a new cloaking method that may someday prevent submarines and fighter jets from being detected by sonar and radar. It might also be used to shield buildings and oil rigs from the devastating effects of earthquakes and tsunamis.

As it is often depicted in sci-fi movies and books, cloaking involves making an object partly or completely invisible to incoming radiation such as light or radio waves.

Books and games like "Harry Potter" and "Halo" have popularized the kind of cloaking that blocks visible light to turn an object invisible to the naked eye, though the more plausible types of cloaking being developed are geared toward blocking microwaves, infrared light, radio and TV waves (all these forms of radiation are part of the electromagnetic spectrum).

Wow I know I could have fun with cloaking technology……but will it be put to good use right?

 

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