London, November 13: The dream of every Harry Potter fan of owning an “invisibility cloak” seems to be soon coming true, with British scientists developing such a garment which will render the wearer invisible to the human eye.
A team at Imperial College hopes to create a cloak from a new material that can manipulate light. Normally, when light hits an object, it bounces off the surface and into the eye, making the object visible.
According to the scientists, the invisibility cloak made from “meta-material” would work by “grabbing hold” of light waves and making them flow smoothly around an object, in the same way that water in a river flows round a stick.
Putting the cloak on will allow the wearer to move around unseen, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported.
–PTI