The “Invisibility Cloak” is becoming a reality. Watch the video!

Scientists in Birmingham have been designing an invisibility cloak (more precisely, a lump of crystal) that can make objects seemingly disappear. The cloak bends light to obscure small objects behind it, making it seem invisible, while also appearing to be flat. So far, the largest items that it can conceal are things like paperclips, while the cloak itself is roughly the size of a paperweight, much larger than what it is concealing.


Conceptually, a seven-meter wide cloaking crystal could by used to make something like a large dog invisible. So far this is the biggest enhancement in invisibility cloaking technology, and the technology is still improving.


You can see a video of the device in action, making a paperclip turn invisible!

Rupert Grint’s first car was an ice cream truck.

At age 18 he bought a fully functional ice cream truck, complete with a freezer, a kitchen with sinks, and musical bell. As you could have probably guessed, Grint is a BIT more well off financially than his onscreen persona Ron Weasley. (On the other hand, this car doesn’t fly). The young film star said that he has been interested in the ice cream industry ever since he was a child. If his movie career doesn’t pan out after the Harry Potter franchise comes to an end, at least he’ll have something to fall back on? He may need the job security too, seeing that he dropped out of school at age 16!

Source: Monsters and Critics

The Harry Potter books all take place in the 1990s. Harry was born in 1980.

If Harry Potter was a real person, he would be 30 right now. Though the books all came out from the late 1990s through the 2000s, and the movies have come out from 2001-2011, the actual series is set in the early 90s. Harry actually starts going to Hogwarts in 1991! 

That these books are set in the 90s may explain why no one relies on cell phones or email for communication in the books. Instead, they all use owls! Also, if you remember, they use magic to be able to pause, rewind, and fast forward the Quidditch World Cup, something that would be a lot less fascinating if they already had TiVo.