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Old 05-23-2011, 09:22 AM
 
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Just as the metamaterial in the cloaking device appeared to make a volume of space "disappear," in the latest work, the metamaterial would make it seem as if there was no space between the transmitter and the recipient, Urzhumov said. Therefore, he said, the loss of power should be minimal.
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Old 05-24-2011, 09:44 AM
 
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So if place this under our roads and "tune" our electrically powered vehicles to it we can eliminate the ICE entirely? That would cool.

I wonder if the oil companies are interested?
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