Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Space-Time Cloak

A fun new discovery leads to a new way to get a chicken across the road... the amazing TIME-SPACE CLOAK! OOO! AAA! Yes folks, it is finally here! What is it you ask? Simple! It is hiding something inside of light to make it invisible.

As light travels, the light in front speeds up. If you slow down the protons in the back, you create a gap in the middle. Through here, you can transport energy and matter, then simply speed the protons back up to their normal speed and slow the ones in front down a little. The onlooker will be none-the-wiser.

Paul Kinsler, Imperial College London

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o, why would we ever want a chicken to cross the road like this, you ask? There are many practical applications for this in the world of computing. Computers are in a few years going to make that long awaited leap to using light instead of electricity for processing. When this switch comes, this is one possible way to increase processing power.

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