Video of "invisibility cloak" at TED

Carla Sinclair 11:57 am Tue Feb 26, 2013

Yesterday I linked to a video of Baile Zhang's "invisibility cloak," which was demoed at TED2013. The video was hosted by Dropbox, which killed the link (too much traffic). Here's a YouTube version of the same video, courtesy of Ben Kellogg.

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