New 'thermal' approach to invisibility cloaking hides heat to enhance technology
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 14:30
in Physics & Chemistry
In a new approach to invisibility cloaking, a team of French researchers has proposed isolating or cloaking objects from sources of heat -- essentially "thermal cloaking." This method taps into some of the same principles as optical cloaking and may lead to novel ways to control heat in electronics and, on an even larger scale, might someday prove useful for spacecraft and solar technologies.