I’m going to go ahead and say that the creation of an actual invisibility cloak is a good thing. Sure, a lot of bad people could do a lot of bad things with it, but I’m willing to risk it if I’m also allowed to own one. Seems like a reasonable give and take.
That being said, how sweet is this?
As for the whats, whys and hows, take it away io9…
According to the researchers, the new device is the first to do three-dimensional, continuously multidirectional cloaking, which works for transmitting rays in the visible spectrum.
Now, while the new system developed by the University of Rochester researchers won’t conceal you completely, it could eliminate blind spots in vehicles or let surgeons see through their hands during complex operations.
Then they talked about a lot of other sciencey stuff (tl;dr) that killed my invisibility cloak boner a little bit, but not completely because…
Here’s even more info because, invisibility cloak, people…