BBC - Future - Science & Environment - Shape-shifting: how to build an ‘illusion cloak’

BBC - Future - Science & Environment - Shape-shifting: how to build an ‘illusion cloak’

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  1. Morphing into other people may still be within the realms of sci-fi and mythology, but the first prototypes of certain illusion cloaks are starting to appear.


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    We’ve dreamed of shape-shifting for centuries. In Greek mythology, the hunter Actaeon was transformed into a stag, while the god Proteus could become whatever he pleased. Today, storytellers continue to draw on such trickery for plot twists, most recently the character Loki in the Marvel movie franchise, who can adopt the form of other people.

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