17 June 2009
‘Cloak of Silence’ Tech Could Hide Submarines
Posted by Jimmy under: Science .
Article excerpt: A new invisibility cloak for sound could help doctors find tiny tumors or hide submarines from enemy sonar.
“Our focus is not about dampening noise, but to guide sound waves around structures,” said Nicholas Fang, a professor a the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and coauthor, along with Shu Zhang and Leilei Yin, on a paper that appears in the journal Physical Review Letters.
2 Comments so far...
Johnny Says:
23 June 2009 at 12:17 PM.
Very interesting technology. Hope to see it happen someday. Star Trek for real 
Jimmy Says:
23 June 2009 at 3:46 PM.
Indeed!
