I don't know what the big deal is ... non-Republicans at the Utah State Capitol have been demonstrating their mastery of this technology for years.

In true cloaking, light passes through the object.

They are behind the times, Harry Potter already used the material in his movie ... what a bunch of nerds!

Actually, when Captain Picard would bring up a cloaked Romulon vessel on screed you could still see a little bit of a wavy look to it

Arnold Schwarzenegger already confronted this phenomena in Terminator.

Sorry, couldn't help but bring up this nit-pick: the article said that up to now, scientists could only cloack thin, 2-dimensional objects. But there is no such thing. A 2-dimensional object only has height and width, but not any depth (or thickness). Besides, a 2-dimensional object can only exist in theory. So making a 2-dimensional object disappear doesn't seem like much of an accomplishment. Just turn it sideways.

The movie was Predator. Get the Governator's films strait man. Terminator was the robot from the future.

On a serious note (getting past some good movies via Star Trek) this technology is expected. And a major reason why some of the Federal governments current expenditures are very questionable. We are spending hundreds of millions, billions on fancy technology that will be obselete in a very short amount of time.

We should slow down with how quick we buy fancy technology. I am thinking of the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning. Two planes that are extremely expensive. Who knows, with the technology this story is talking about we may be able to take a World War 2 fighter, make it invisible and thus 1,000 times more deadly than the incredibly expensive future fighters.

Light is just a tiny region of the EM spectrum. Any other wavelength will reveal the 'invisible' object.

To take the Harry Potter theme to the extreme, science has been trying to get the Elder Wand (unbeatable weapons), the Resurrection Stone (bringing people back to life through modern medical science), and the Invisibility Cloak (protection from death) for decades. Me? I'd like to use this cloaking device to hide my laundry pile on Saturday mornings.

Isn't it fantastic! The fact that we can bend light around an object without a huge gavitation field is awesome. Einstein has already proved that you can bend light this way but it requires a star of some size and mass to achieve it. Pity that the technology will be used for military persuits though.

Is the slashdot or is it just me? Hobbits have been using this for a long time.

J. | 11:42 a.m.:

"The movie was Predator. Get the Governator's films strait man. Terminator was the robot from the future."

You didn't see it in Terminator? Proof that it works.

oops @ 11:35 a.m.:

"But there is no such thing. A 2-dimensional object only has height and width, but not any depth (or thickness).... So making a 2-dimensional object disappear doesn't seem like much of an accomplishment. Just turn it sideways."

My girlfriend must be two dimensional. When she turns sideways she disappears.

This is old technology. We've been using camouflage for years.

hilarious wrz. nice one

Just to think that one day we may be able to land on the moon and safely return too earth!!!!

People are dying from cancer and all manner of diseases and scientists are working on an invisibility cloak?! What is wrong with our priorities here? I hope this was a joke article!

Can you see me now? Can you see me now?

first of all J. do you know how to spell straight? get your spelling straight! its not strait. Second that is so cool people can be invisible no way that is awesome. The only problem with that is what if like some creepy guy used it to steal a kid when the parents weren't looking and just hide under the cloak and go back to his creepy hideout. I mean this could be used for bad too. Hmm i can't decide if its good or bad.

It cracks me up how hardly anyone can spell these days. Doesn't anybody look at what they're writing before they post a comment? Didn't anybody learn the difference between "to" and "too" or "your" as opposed to "you're"? Next time you post a comment, consult the dictionary!

Regarding katamb-midvale's comment, there are often spin-off benefits to the most seemingly unrelated research. One can be too narrow in the spectrum of inquiry.

King's birthday suit legend will become a reality?.....LOL!!

I can't wait to buy me some underwear made from the fabric......LOL!!

I protest this discovery.....LOL!!

Re: J. | 11:42 a.m.

Arnold was a Cyborg in the Terminator films, not a robot. What's the difference? A robot is a machine. A Cyborg is part human, part machine.

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To those who criticized your spelling error ("strait" versus "straight").

On the internet, it is considered bad manners to criticize spelling errors, bad grammar and typos.

Why? Because we all make them from time to time.

While I agree with that their are a lot of speling, grammer and typoes made. I tri not too get to exited about it. :O)

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."

I find it interesting some of the comments that get posted on this site. I just have a few comments of my own.

It is amazing the technology we have or are developing now that was at one time portrayed on Star Trek. I remember about 11 years ago reading about scientists beaming a particle of light three feet. The article stated that within ten years the technology was expected to be perfected. I wonder whatever happened to that one. I also remember on an episode of Star Trek TNG seeing someone playing a roll up piano. I saw one of those on an infomercial a while back. The list could go on and on.

Everything can be used for good or evil. Sometimes the greater the potential for good the greater the potential for evil. You can use a pillow to sleep on or you can smuther someone with it. The pillow is not good or bad. What it is used for is good or bad. The list could go on and on.