In ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone‘, the magic reaches its peak when Harry receives the invisibility cloak. The thrill of becoming invisible and exploring Hogwarts without being noticed captivates the imagination.
Imagine, now, if this possibility were real. What would it be like to walk among the shadows without being noticed? This feat may no longer be restricted to fiction alone.
At the Faculty of Science of Donghua University, China, researchers are committed to turning this fantasy into reality. Thanks to this, they were able to take another step towards success.
The search for invisibility, once present only in books, may soon transcend into the realm of science, becoming an extraordinary feat in the history of technology.
Scene in which Harry Potter receives the invisibility cloak for the first time in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ .- Image: Reproduction
Scientists advance in search for invisibility
At the recent scientific event in Shanghai, renowned physicist and director of the Faculty of Science, Chu Junhao, left the audience perplexed with a presentation that defied common understanding.
As a result of the university’s advances since 2012, Junhao revealed the remarkable project called ‘The Cloak of Invisibility’.
As he took the stage, accompanied by two people who held a sheet allowing light to pass through, the audience could clearly see his legs behind the fabric.
The twist occurred when the sheet was rotated 90 degrees. In the blink of an eye, his legs disappeared, defying the laws of visibility.
The feat, although at an early stage, represents a remarkable leap towards realizing the ancient human desire to become invisible.
How is this phenomenon explained?
The feat is possible thanks to optical camouflage, an incredible ability that uses tricks with light. The fact that his legs disappeared is because the light was resized around him, like an illusion.
You scientists Chinese used a special sheet with small lenses that change the direction of light. This makes objects behind the sheet appear too small to see.
It’s like a science fiction superpower, where light tricks us into making something visible one instant and then simply making it disappear the next.
