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Cloaking space–time

07 Jul 2011

Most existing invisibility cloaks are designed to hide objects from view. But as Martin McCall and Paul Kinsler explain, it could also be possible to make "space–time" cloaks that allow selected events to go undetected – perfect for the ultimate bank heist

The ultimate bank heist
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Martin McCall and Paul Kinsler are at the Department of Physics, Imperial College London, UK
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