Invisibility cloak created in 3-D

March 22, 2010 | Source: BBC News

Scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have created the first device to render an object invisible in three dimensions.

The “cloak,” described in the journal Science, hid an object from detection using light of wavelengths close to those that are visible to humans.

The nanostructure of tiny rods bends light around a bump in the gold surface (Science)