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Rochester Cloak is a cloaking device which can be built using inexpensive, everyday materials. John Howell, a professor of physics at the University of Rochester, and graduate student Joseph Choi developed the device, which features four standard lenses that allows an object to appear invisible as the viewer moves several degrees away from the optimal viewing positions.

References

  1. Brownlee, John (October 1, 2014). "The First Practical Invisibility Cloak Is Here". Fast Company.
  2. "How To Make An 'Invisibility Cloak' At Home For Under $100". Business Insider.
  3. Choi, Joseph S.; Howell, John C. (December 1, 2014). "Paraxial ray optics cloaking". Optics Express. 22 (24): 29465–29478. arXiv:1409.4705. Bibcode:2014OExpr..2229465C. doi:10.1364/OE.22.029465. PMID 25606881. S2CID 15457479.
  4. "Harry Potter's 'invisibility cloak' cracked: University of Rochester scientists create masking device". syracuse. September 28, 2014.


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