Friday, April 18, 2014

Magic material is both a reflecting mirror and a see through window

Magic material is both a reflecting mirror and a see through window


No, it's not a one way mirror. It's much cooler than that. MIT scientists have invented a new invisible mirror that can show reflections like a typical mirror but also be see through like a window. The magic is in the alternating 84 ultra thin layers typical glass and tantalum oxide. It's a mirror but when you spin it, it becomes transparent. Some light passes through, some light gets reflected.


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