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How scientists are creating real-life invisibility cloaks - Max G. Levy

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A spy presses a button on their suit and blinks out of sight. A wizard wraps himself in a cloak and disappears. A star pilot flicks a switch, and their ship vanishes into space. Invisibility is one of the most tantalizing powers in fiction, spanning all kinds of stories. But could this fantasy ever become a reality? Max G. Levy digs into the technologies that could make invisibility possible.

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Meet The Creators

Director
Michael Kalopaidis, Zedem Media
Educator
Max G. Levy
Narrator
Addison Anderson
Storyboard Artist
Wing Luo
Animator
Christos Papandreopoulos, Maria Savva, Eleni Catherine Demetriou, Rafael Kallistratou
Art Director
Jeanne Bornet
Sound Designer
Manolis Manoli
Composer
Manolis Manoli
Produced by
Gerta Xhelo, Abdallah Ewis
Editorial Director
Alex Rosenthal
Editorial Producer
Dan Kwartler
Fact-Checker
Charles Wallace

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