# How scientists are creating real-life invisibility cloaks

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Max G. Levy
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/max_g_levy_how_scientists_are_creating_real_life_invisibility_cloaks)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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. \[Directed by Michalis Kalopaidis, Zedem Media, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Manolis Manoli\].

## Lectures

1. [How scientists are creating real-life invisibility cloaks](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/max_g_levy_how_scientists_are_creating_real_life_invisibility_cloaks/db6e548d18bc), 6 min (TED's player)