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STEP 2 Each student has to choose in the forum one of these topics, then each
student must write at least six words related to it:
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This fictional technology has inspired scientists to try and make invisibility a possibility.
In fact, recent developments in nanotechnology could make invisible cloaking a reality in
the near future.We see things because light reflects off objects. Black objects absorb
light and this absence of light is seen as darkness which also helps us to detect objects.
For an object to become invisible it cannot reflect or absorb light. If light could be bent
around an object without any reflection or casting of shadows then we would not see it.
Ideally, we would only see what is directly behind the object. It sounds strange but
scientists have created a new class of matter that can do this.
Metamaterials are nanostructures that have a negative refractive index, which means
they can control how light waves are bent, reflected and absorbed.But these meta-
materials were limited in size. They couldn't be made larger than a few microns and only
manipulated certain frequencies of light. So they could only make invisible what you
couldn't see anyway.
However, a team of scientists at the University of Central Florida have discovered a
method for creating "large-area fabrication" of these meta-materials for the full spectrum
of light.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- http://www.inventor-strategies.com/future-inventions.html#sthash.lr9LOtPm.dpuf