Fractal Antenna to make invisibility cloak?

Fractal Antenna, a United States firm is claiming to have developed some foundations for a new field of applied optics that, when perfected, could lead to invisibility curtains, cloaks and ‘super’ lenses.

Read the story here.

This looks to be an application of metamaterials that have unusual properties. Not enough details in the story to see how the fractal structure might contribute to the optical behavior. But if it ends up working, this is one product we won’t be seeing on the shelves (or anywhere else)…