Cloak of invisibility: Fact or fiction?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 4:31 pm

Scientists boldly go where only science fiction has been before

"In a very speculative application", he added, â€œone could imagine â€™cloakingâ€™ acoustic waves, so as to shield a region from vibration or seismic activity.â€

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:51 pm

windshieldbug wrote:Does that mean that we could cloak the violas?

If not, we could at least throw a blanket or tarp over them ...

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:43 pm

Could we cloak alto saxes? I hate those guys.

SplatterTone · Post by **SplatterTone** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 10:49 pm

I hate those guys.

Get your own xaphoon. Then they can hate you. Or maybe ... everyone will hate you.

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:42 pm

Maybe the same folks can come up with a device to make trumpets vanish!

DBCooper · Post by **DBCooper** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:32 am

â€œWe did this work very quickly ... and that led to a cloak that is not optimalâ€

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:58 am

windshieldbug wrote:Does that mean that we could cloak the violas?

Perhaps a giant set of noise-cancelling headphones that would set astride the section.

Brucom · Post by **Brucom** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:45 pm

Yes, one of Patanjali's sutras is for invisibility. So if you are in Cosmic Consciousness and practice the sutra, then the light on all sides of you will bend itself around you and continue on it's original path. No light will bounce off of you to anyone else. You will be invisible.

MichaelDenney · Post by **MichaelDenney** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:18 pm

Ever sat near the bass drum while having to make delicate attacks? It's like a cherry bomb going off inside your horn and upsetting the air. Cloaking is an idea whose time has come!

SÃ¸ren · Post by **SÃ¸ren** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:15 am

Then have a look at this. A danish guy (who study at the same institute as me) made teleportation work:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 05136.html

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:08 am

Replication should be possible through the same technique. Just think of the grant application proposals possible: "Approve This Grant Or We'll Fill Your Office With Violas!"

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