Items tagged with cloaking

by Dave Altavilla - Sun, Jan 18, 2009

Cloaking Technology Advances Made, Spock Nervous

There was a time when laser beams were a thing of science fiction and the picture phone just found on episodes of The Jetsons. And cloaking devices, well let's just say the Romulans gave James T. and the gang a bit of heart burn with their peek-a-boo ways but in reality the capability, though explored in science fiction throughout the years from Star Trek to Star Wars, seemed pretty far-fetched. Or is it? Like the laser and the picture phone now modern day web cam, advances in cloaking technology seem to be real, tangible and yes, even proven... "A device that can bestow invisibility to an object by "cloaking" it from visual light is closer to reality. After being the first... Read more...

by Dave Altavilla - Tue, May 30, 2006

The First Cloaking Device?

Sulu, where did that ship go damn it?! Get Spock on the bridge now. This can't be possible! PORTLAND, Ore. - John Pendry, a physicist at Imperial College in London, predicted in 2000 that metals could be engineered to reverse electrical fields. Since his prediction, metamaterials with a negative index of refraction have been created and demonstrated from gigahertz to optical frequencies. Now, Pendry and two engineering colleagues, David Schrig and David Smith, are predicting that both electrical and the magnetic properties can be varied in inhomogeneous composites with embedded nanoparticles. The result is a variable index-of-refraction material that is being touted for applications... Read more...

by Matt Beauvais - Mon, Mar 06, 2006

Stealth Switch Desktop Cloaking Device Review

Now here at HotHardware, we get some cool stuff in our mailbox. Reviews for the latest and greatest hardware are nice, but this thing is just something else. If you're one of those people who are doing something your not supposed to be doing at a PC, either at work or at home, you're probably constantly looking over your shoulder. The boss, co-workers, even your spouse could be just around the corner, ready to catch you in the act. For you, there is the Stealth Switch Desktop Cloaking Device, which is little more than a panic button designed to keep what you're doing private... Maybe the boss walked by as you were playing Solitaire? Perhaps... Read more...