A carpet cloak could provide a new way of hiding objects (Image: Jana Leon / Stone / Getty)
THE latest twist on invisibility cloaks won’t hide Harry Potter in the middle of a room, but it might just let spies conceal microphones under the rug or the wallpaper.
So called “carpet cloaks” are the first technology to succeed in hiding objects by deflecting light across a range of wavelengths. Two groups described different cloaks last week at the in Baltimore, Maryland.
Invisibility cloaks work by deflecting light waves so the light…
