Main content

Invisibility Cloaks

Peter Evans talks to the researchers who have engineered an entirely new material that can make objects virtually undetectable.

Harry Potter has one, so does the Starship Enterprise, and now scientists in the UK and the USA claim that you could have one too. The invisibility cloak is no longer stuck in the realm of fantasy, but is soon to become a reality.

Peter Evans talks to the researchers who have engineered an entirely new material that can make objects virtually undetectable, and looks at the extraordinary possibilities that this kind of invisibility might offer.

Available now

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 6 Dec 2006 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

Dinosaurs

Next

Amusia

See all episodes from Frontiers

Broadcast

  • Wed 6 Dec 2006 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

Podcast

  • Frontiers

    Programme exploring new ideas in science and meeting the researchers responsible