Star Trek meets Reefkeeping: Underwater Cloaking device

[Leonard]

Imagine being able to wrap circulation pumps, heaters, and returns and make them invisble in your display tank!

Published October 3 in Nanotechnology, researchers have found a way to use carbon nanotube aerogel sheets to create the illusion of invisibility. In essence this nanotube sheet creates a "mirage effect" underwater similar to the heat waves that you see on a hot, sunny day radiating off a paved road. The catch is that it only works underwater and is demonstrated in the below video.

Check out the video of it in action:
Cloaking device for our aquarium gear? [video] — Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine

Probably never going to have practical application in our hobby due to cost and other engineering problems, but we can daydream!

 

[cdness]

wow!

 

[soccerbag]

That is pretty cool. I have zero idea how it works but it is still VERY cool. Thanks for posting Len! You guys have been posting some great stuff on AA. Props to you, Shane, and the crew there!

 

[Leonard]

Thanks! We do it for you, Craig. But don't tell our other readers.