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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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