Invisible Walls

15 June 2004 - 8:00am

Inventor plans to develop technology to allow people to see through "invisible" walls.

"Professor Tachi's cloak works by projecting an image onto itself of what is behind the wearer.A computer generates the image that is projected, so the viewer effectively sees "through" the cloak.Invisibility material may allow pilots to see through the floor of their planesThe key development of the cloak, however, was the development of a new material called retro-reflectum. "

Source: BBC News, June 14, 2004
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