Studying the Obvious #4

Who didn’t know that this was coming next?

Everybody knows that scientists are just grown-up geeks who spent their formative years watching Star Trek, Star Wars and other science fiction shows. So is it any surprise that just a few weeks after the art teleportation was in the news, cloaking devices are having a similar renaissance?

The good people at Duke University have taken the first step on the path to a shroud that can render people and objects invisible. It only works on microwaves, but the principle of bending light around something to create the appearance that light is passing through an empty space is as old as magic hand-held laser pistols and projected energy shields.

But the girls locker room is safe for now. Currently, the only thing that this device makes invisible are the… um, invisible rays that cook our food.