Harry Potter fans rejoice! Scientists from University of Rochester have developed a way to make things invisible.
Possibly inspired by the invisibility cloak of Harry Potter, they have discovered several ways to hide objects from view using readily available and inexpensive materials.
John Howell, one of the researchers, said that they've been many kinds of high tech approaches in creating a cloaking device often using a high-tech material.
He and his colleagues decided to forgo this idea and used four standard lenses that can keep objects hidden from view.
Joseph Choi, one of the researchers, said that this is the first device that can do three-dimensional and multidirectional cloaking which can transmits rays in a visible spectrum.
Howell explained that many cloaking device can work perfectly in a straight object but if one looks at it in a different angle the object becomes visible.
Choi mentioned that other cloaking devices can cause drastic background shift making it obvious for the cloaking device.
He also said their cloaking device can bend light and send it through the center of their device on the region that can't be cloaked.
This means that their device can only cloak materials that are round shaped, he added.
To date, researchers are focusing on creating complicated designs to solve the problems like edge visibilities.
However, they believe that by putting a larger lens on their device can solve their problem with cloaking edges.
Researchers also said that even though their cloaking device is not like Harry Potter yet, this could help surgeons look through their hands to see what they are operating on.
This can also help truck drivers see through blind spots on their vehicles, they added.