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Post by Big Brother on Jul 15, 2004 22:17:37 GMT -5
According to the July issue of MAXIM, the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency is working on a real-life version of the Marauder's Map. And that's exactly how the scientists developing it pitched it to the military brass: www.maximonline.com/grit/articles/article_5870.html |
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Post by Mlle Bienvenu on Oct 4, 2004 3:29:21 GMT -5
hmm....that reporter had a leeetle too much fun writing that last bit about a viagra for women....LOL
I'm interested about the miniature stars thing though....very interesting...although I don't know how new the news is....I read the same thing in Popular Science several years back.
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Post by Big Brother on Mar 1, 2005 23:38:24 GMT -5
Another scientist inspired by Harry Potter thinks he has finally found the key to creating a real-life Invisibility Cloak. It sounds more like a Cloak of Darkness, since you wouldn't be able to see through it, but it would keep one from seeing exactly what was inside the field... news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=226392005I'm not sure this method would work, personally. Aside from being insanely complicated, it also is mentioned as only working on a specific single wavelength of light at a time. So while it might be militarily useful for, say, foiling laser-guided weaponry, I doubt it will become a real-life Romulan Cloaking Device. |
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