The Avengers movie had a helicarrier that turned completely invisible. Is it possible with the technology we have today to execute something similar? Nagine: I can distinguish between what we often call passive invisibility versus active invisibility. The idea would be you'd have a bunch of cameras on one side and on the other side, you'd have an array of projectors.
Can you make something invisible? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Negin Farsad discover the science behind invisibility with professor of physics and optical science, Greg Gbur. What would real-life invisibility look like?
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