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Our Work in the News

A selection of links to news reports related to our research.

 Press Coverage of Our Work
 Science and popular science journals
October-2007

L'Homme Invisible: C'Est Possible!
David Larousserie, Sciences et Avenir, p60

 

June-2007

Recent Advances in Cloaking
Optics and Photonics News 32 (June, 2007)

 

March-2007

Unexpected Tricks of the Light
Katharine Sanderson, Nature Magazine 446, p364

 

12-March-2007

TR10: Invisible Revolution
Philip Ball, Technology Review
Metamaterials chosen as one of the Top Ten Emerging Technologies

 

Jan-2007

Invisibilite: Des metamateriax font de ce reve une realite
Science et Vie 1072, 84 (2007)

 

Jan-2007

1 An de Science: L'invisibilitie pour tous
La Recherche, p36 (January, 2007)

 

Jan-2007

The Top 100 Science Stories of 2006
Discover Magazine (January, 2007)

 

22-Dec-2006

Breakthrough of the Year: The Runners-Up
Science Magazine 314, 1850 (2006)

 

Dec-2006

Technology Review 2006: The exotic and the everyday spur innovation
Laser Focus World (December, 2006)

 

Dec-2006

Vanishing Act
BBC Focus
171, 15 (2006)

 

Nov-2006

How to build an invisibility cloak
Discover Magazine, p55 (November, 2006)

 

Dec-2006

Not seeing is believing
Materials Today 9, 9 (December, 2006)

 

Dec-2006

The Scientific American 50
Scientific American 295, 49 (2006)

 

20-Oct-2006

Invisibility cloak unveiled
Marie Theresa Bray, Cosmos

 

19-Oct-2006

Invisibility cloak sees light of day
JR Minkel, Scientific American

 

19-Oct-2006

First invsibility cloak tested successfully, scientists say
Sean Markey, National Geographic News

 

19-Oct-2006

Vanishing Actor: Physicists unveil first invisibility cloak
Peter Weiss, Science News Online

 

19-Oct-2006

Working invisibility cloak created at last
Justin Mullins, New Scientist Tech

 

Sep-2006

The first invisibility shield
Justin Mullins, Popular Science

 

26-May-2006

Cloaking breakthrough
Duncan Graham-Rowe, MIT Technology Review

 

 Television interviews and coverage
19-Nov-2007

Visions of the Future -Episode III: The Quantum Revolution
Hosted by Michio Kaku
BBC4 History and Science Studio
David Smith interviewed

 

18-Feb-2006

Star Trek Tech
Modern Marvels, The History Channel
David Smith, David Schurig and Steve Cummer interviewed

 

23-Oct-2006

See-Through Science: A Real Cloak of Invisibility
The Today Show, NBC
David Smith, David Schurig and Steve Cummer interviewed
A link to the video can be found from the Duke website.

 

21-Oct-2006

Cloak of Invisibility
Fox News Live
David Schurig interviewed
See video on YouTube

 

19-Oct-2006

Countdown with Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann and Derrick Pitts discuss invisibility
Read transcript here

 

 Radio interviews and coverage
6-Dec-2006

Invisibility Cloaks
BBC Radio Science: Frontiers
Peter Evans, host
Alexandra Feachem, producer

 

19-Oct-2006

It's Elemental!
Are We Alone? The SETI Institute's Weekly Science Radio Program
Dr. Seth Shostak, host
Molly Bently, producer

 

20-Oct-2006

Duke university scientists create invsibility cloak
Voice of America Radio
Report by Art Chimes

 

20-Oct-2006

Scientists make progress on invisibility device
National Public Radio
Report by Christopher Joyce

 

 Newspaper interviews and coverage
12-Jun-2007

Light Fantastic
Kenneth Chang, Science Times, New York Times (Cover Story)

 

23-Oct-2006

'Invisible' to microwaves
Marc Kaufman, Washington Post

 

20-Oct-2006

Now you see him... scientists take step closer to making invisible cloak a reality
Ian Sample, The Guardian

 

19-Oct-2006

Experts create invisibility cloak
Paul Rincon, BBC News

 

19-Oct-2006

A real invisibility cloak? Wizard!
Lewis Smith, London Times Online

 

19-Oct-2006

Researchers get 'cloak of invisibility' to work, sort of
Ker Than, Fox News/Live Science

 

20-Oct-2006

Duke scientists demonstrate cloaking device
Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times

 

20-Oct-2006

Scientists take step toward invisibility
John Schwarz, New York Times

 

20-Oct-2006

Disappear into thin air? Scientists take step toward invisibility
Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor

 

19-Oct-2006

Scientists take 'cloak of invisibility' to the next step
Laurie Sullivan, TechWeb News

 

19-Oct-2006

Cloaking device works, sort of, scientists say
Maggie Fox, Reuters

 

19-Oct-2006

Duke takes wraps off cloaking device
R. Colin Johnson, EE Times

 

19-Oct-2006

Scientists develop cloaking device
United Press International

 

20-Oct-2006

Scientists create cloak of invisibility
Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press
(reprinted in over 500 newspapers and magazines)

 

20-Oct-2006

'Invisibility cloak' a step closer
Catherine Clabby, News and Observer

 

20-Oct-2006

Now you see it... Invisibility cloak could become a reality
Dan Vergano, USA Today
(front page story. PDF version.)

 

19-Oct-2006

Scientists create 'invisibility' cloak that bends microwaves
CBC News (Canada)

 

29-May-2006

Scientists shed new light on invisibility
Gareth Cook, The Boston Globe

 

25-May-2006

Here's how to make an invisibility cloak
Alan Boyle, MSNBC

 

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Professor David R. Smith
davidrsmith@ee.duke.edu
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University
Box 90291
Durham, NC 27708