Andrew Hicks, a mathematician at Drexel University, have created a mirrored surface that is bent in a way so the image you see is not reversed (not a mirror image).
From the New Scientist:
By calculating how to vary the way each of tens of thousands of points on a mirror's surface reflects light he can create mirrors that do amazing things. For example, reflecting text without reversing it or capturing a full 360º scene without distorting objects.
Link - via geekologie
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by philosophile.
Comments (12)
a lot more work and this could be used to create invisibility cloaks surely.
What the heck DO you use it for, then?
And what's next on Neatorama? Instructions on how to make a bomb?
Better to build this into a gun - at least most people will know not to point one at themselves if they happen upon one.