Invisibility Cloak

Scientists at the University of California are getting closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible to the human eye. Graduate students who are working on the project have engineered for the first time three-dimensional materials that can reverse the natural direction of visible and near-infrared light. I have no idea what that really means. So far researchers have only been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects, but that’s still pretty cool. I always though being invisible was actually impossible. Less possible than a human flying. The invisibility cloak in Harry Potter always seemed too far out an idea to believe. But it appears that maybe, someday in the distant future, I may own one. Scientists at UC Berkeley say in order to make an invisibility cloak the material would need to curve light waves completely around the object, like a river flowing around a rock. Once again, I’m not really sure how any of this works. If you understand science you read up on the mechanics behind invisibility by clicking here.

I can’t even begin to think what life would be like if being invisible was an everyday option. People could spy on one another routinely. Forget paying for college, just throw on your invisible gear and sit in the back of the lecture halls for FREE. Forget even renting a home. Move some stuff in, and when someone comes to kick you out, just go invisible and freak them out – pretend you are a haunting spirit haha. You wouldn’t need to pay for a plane or train ticket, just walk right through security and onto the platform. No more hailing cabs for yourself, just get in the next one that is grabbed. Invisibility could be a lot of fun and it certainly has its perks.

Then again, invisibility, like all things awesome, comes at a price. With people knowing that anyone could be secretly spying on them paranoia would be widespread and heightened to a dangerous degree. There would always be that sense of invasion of privacy. Invisibility would probably most benefit criminals. This of sexual predators, bank robbers,  gangs, etc. They could all go undetected by the naked eye, so eye-witnesses would no longer be a part of trials. War would be hell – you wouldn’t know if soldiers were surrounding you and land bases probably wouldn’t be able to prepare for air attacks in time. Now that I think about it, invisibility may do more harm than it does good. Like in the movie Hollow Man. *Chills* Creepy!

Here’s a couple questions I have: Can invisible people see other invisible people/objects??  And can camera’s or heat detectors or x-ray machines detect invisible people/objects?? If not, then that would just be hazardous and chaotic for many reasons. I guess there are A LOT of things that still need to be figured out before invisibility goes public.