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Scientists Create Universal Mirror, The Exact Opposite Of An Invisibility Cloak

An invisibility cloak reflects light at the exact opposite direction as its source, basically making it look like there’s nothing in the way between you and the object you’re looking straight at. A universal mirror, on the other hand, is its direct contrary, bouncing light back at the exact same location from where it came.
Scientists in Europe and Asia have now been able to produce the latter, a mirror that basically reflects everything back to the same source, regardless of what angle its originating from. Objects it can work on include lights, microwaves and lasers, potentially making them useful for deflection laser weaponry, radar tracking and as a general-purpose shield. Yep, it’s a force field against laser attacks – take that, future soldiers.
The universal mirror (similar to the invisibility cloak originally built in 2006) uses metamaterials, tiny structures that are smaller than light waves, for its construction. [...]