Invisible Harry Potters!!!

If you already read or watched the Harry Potter Series, you could probably remeber the very special cloak Harry's dad had gave him-the invisibility cloak. Most of us think that those "invisible cloaks" do not exist in the real world. Wrong...

A scientist in Tokyo University named Professor Susumu Tachi has developed a coat that was made with a "retro-reflective" material that makes anybody who wears the coat appear invisible. This is how it works- a camera is attached to the back of the coat and the image in it is projected into the coat, making the wearer appear visually transparent.

To see a video of the cloak in action, click here, and here.

The said invention is for medical purposes says Prof. Susumu. When surgeons are operating, they are unable to see any parts of their patient obscured by their own hands and equipment - a problem Mr Tachi hopes will be overcome by his invention."The surgeon sees the patient as if they are transparent, and can see the whole body structure," Mr Tachi said.

There are numerous purposes this invention was intended for. Hopefully, one of these days, we can see the improvement of this invention and we can see this technology being utilized and used in our everyday lives.