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Elan
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Ya gotta love science. CNN reports today that scientists believe invisibility is possible using "metamaterials -- manmade composites engineered on a nano scale with properties entirely different to anything found in nature."
Science reveals secrets of invisibility
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authorsjourney
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There was an article in discover a few months ago on this topic. A Japanese professor made a garment that looked like a pancho and worked like a less effective version of the Predator invisibility.

It's not going to happen tomorrow, but who knows - maybe in a few decades?

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ChrisOwens
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That reminds my of the Warder's cloak in the WOT series.
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Robert Nowall
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I remember a Dilbert cartoon where he made an invisible cloak. But he put it down, and forgot where he put it, and couldn't find it...
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Kolona
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Louiseoneal
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Ooo I want one. Not sure what I'll use it for, but it belongs in my closet til I think of something fun.
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Hang out in the lab and see what people say about you when you're not around.

Wait. Maybe that's not such a good idea.

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saintjames
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I remember this article. I thought it mildly ironic that with the invisi-whatever on you wouldn't be able to see anything.

~Saint

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LibbieMistretta
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Oh, man! I want to be invisible! You could play the best practical jokes that way.
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