Cloaking Devices Proven to be Theoretically Possible

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It may sound like science fiction, but in an article entitled “Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences” professors Nicolae Nicorovici and Graeme Milton appear to have mathematically proven that it is indeed theoretically possible.

At present the theory only applies to particularly small particles (such as dust particles) but it is thought that this theory could serve as a basis from which practical cloaking devices could be developed.

According to the paper:

“Regions of anomalous localized resonance, such as occurring near superlenses, are shown to lead to cloaking effects. This occurs when the resonant field generated by a polarizable line or point dipole acts back on the polarizable line or point dipole and effectively cancels the field acting on it from outside sources.”

If you can actually make complete sense of this – I must confess that this is a little beyond me – and you would like to read more about this fascinating subject, you can do so by linking to the article via the Royal Society’s web page (though to read the entire text you will have to subscribe).