{"id":869,"date":"2012-01-22T12:53:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T10:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/?p=869"},"modified":"2012-01-22T13:08:45","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T11:08:45","slug":"light-bending-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/2012\/01\/22\/light-bending-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Bending Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A soldier sneaks up to an enemy camp, completely unseen. It isn&#8217;t the dark, or his oppositions&#8217; bad eye-sight that conceals him, it his is innovative camouflage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-872 alignright\" style=\"border-style: initial;border-color: initial\" src=\"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/camouflage-material1-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/camouflage-material1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/camouflage-material1.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 89px) 100vw, 89px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>It has been a dream of sci-fi writers and military leaders alike to be able to have invisible soldiers \u00a0to gain that advantage ontheir foes. \u00a0Now scientists at the California Institute of Technology have developed a smart material that does just\u00a0that.\u00a0The way it works is that as light hits this new material,negative index<br \/>\nmetamaterial (NIM) ,it doesn&#8217;t just bounce back as it usually does in materials. Instead light passes through this in adjustable way. While this is not a new idea or a\u00a0completely\u00a0new technology, the way they get the light to bend is a little more innovative and effective; as it works specially well in the sun. The new thing that makes this material so much more interesting is the fact that it is tunable in the sense that you can change how drastic the change is. \u00a0It also has light harvesting\u00a0capabilities since it absorbs light at a large variety of angles and it is easy to move around and to make<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/invisible1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-875 alignleft\" style=\"border-style: initial;border-color: initial\" src=\"http:\/\/ruthtrumpold.id.au\/blogs\/designtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/invisible1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a>Negative Index Metamaterials could have multiple applications however; not just ones for the military. For example, it could be used as an effective cover for cars of things in a yard to avoid ugly covers while making it blend in a little more naturally into your\u00a0environment. Since what it shows is constantly changing, they could be \u00a0used as a dynamic fabric for clothing. \u00a0Since it absorbs a lot of solar energy, scientist are also talking about it&#8217;s uses in clothing or other places for collecting sunlight as a form of energy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A soldier sneaks up to an enemy camp, completely unseen. It isn&#8217;t the dark, or his oppositions&#8217; bad eye-sight that conceals him, it his is innovative camouflage. 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