Top scientists have come up with a cloaking device that scatters light away from an object so it cannot be detected.
The new method, conceived as an “invisibility cloak”, will scatter waves around an object meaning it can be totally concealed from view.
Scientists at Ben-Gurion University in Israel will now set to work creating a prototype to prove their method for making objects invisible really works.
If successful it could be used in the military alongside technologies such as radar-absorbing dark paint on stealth aircraft, local optical camouflage, surface cooling to prevent infrared detection, and electromagnetic wave scattering.