ApplicationsofMetamaterials Invisibility
Allows: Invisibility cloaks. Stealth paint on planes. See through gloves for surgeons. Take away blind spots for drivers in cars. Virtually anything in the military ranging from clothes for soldiers to invisible planes. A person wearing a real invisibility cloak made of metamaterials. Not only would the paint on a stealth fighter make the plane practically invisible to the human eye, but it absorbs radar waves allowing the plane to appear the size of an insect to enemy radar. See through rear of cars. Pictures: Google.com. The type of plane that would benefit from metamaterial cloaking; stealth attacks and landing would be much easier and safer.

Meta materials based Radar cloaks to hide warships, drones and fighter planes from radars

Stealth technology has proven to be one of the effective approaches to enhance the survivability of Aircrafts. Aircraft/helicopter designers are making them stealthier by reducing their signatures; viz. visual, aural, infrared (IR), and RADAR cross section. Advancements in stealth technologies, as demonstrated by the very low RCS of stealth aircraft such as F-117, B-2 and F-22, make such targets extremely difficult to detect. At present, stealth aircraft mainly rely on special geometry – their body shape – to deflect radar signals, but those designs can affect aerodynamic performance.

 

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