Thursday, February 16, 2012

Could cloaking technology have saved Christchurch from EQ destruction...

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 18:  Austral...
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In case of disaster be prepared. Could this technology have saved Christchurch, New Zealand, from widespread earthquake destruction?
While "cloaking" technology may have once been limited exclusively to the realm of science fiction, regular Gizmag readers will know that it is now finding its way into real life - just within the past few years, scientists have demonstrated various experimental cloaking systems that prevent small objects from being seen, and in one case, from being heard. Such invisibility systems involve the use of metamaterials, which are man-made materials that exhibit optical qualities not found in nature. These are able to effectively bend light around an object, instead of allowing it to strike the object directly. Now, mathematicians from the University of Manchester are proposing technology based on the same principles, that would allow buildings to become "invisible" to earthquakes.
http://www.gizmag.com/earthquake-cloaking/21474/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=9653baeb36-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

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