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#Invisible cloak plus#

Plus occasional updates on Dezeen’s services and breaking news. Sent every Tuesday and containing a selection of the most important news highlights. Sent every Thursday and featuring a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories. Our most popular newsletter, formerly known as Dezeen Weekly. Instead of a material that conceals the person behind it, the Dutch designer was working on a suit that turns transparent when the wearer lies – something he suggested could be used to 'expose dishonest bankers'. They include the Rochester Cloak – a system of four lenses, set up at a distance from each other, which is limited to disappearing small objects – as well as a cloaking device made of copper rings by scientists at Duke University capable of bending microwave light around an object.ĭaan Roosegaarde told Dezeen a few years ago about a project that flips this idea of its head. Previous iterations of 'invisibility cloaks' that have been developed by researchers and scientists are closer to devices rather than materials. Outside of military applications, Cramer also claims that he was able to use the material to triple the energy output of solar panels due to its large reflective surface area. I would give that about an 80 per cent probability at some point in the future,' he continued. 'It won't be clothing yet due to the stand-off distance required.

This includes being used to fashion items such as riot shields, camouflage nets, parachutes or pop-up tents. I anticipate that the material will be ready for most applications within the next 12 months.' 'The manufactured versions should be very clear and quite detailed compared to the crude prototypes I currently have.

'We are in the process of working with manufacturers to tool up for these unique lenses,' Cramer explained. The patent includes 13 different versions of the material, which are tweaked to allow larger items to be concealed, patterned for use when hunting or capable of distorting an object in case it cannot be entirely hidden. There remain, however, some restrictions to the effectiveness of the material, as it requires the subject or object to stand a certain distance away in order to be concealed, and the effect might be more or less convincing when viewed from different angles. Videos released by the company demonstrate Quantum Stealth's ability to work even when the material is the thickness of a sheet of paper, staying lightweight and inexpensive to produce while being substantial enough to also block thermal imagers. Related story 'We're working on a suit that becomes transparent when you lie'