(This page will be updated as the quarter progresses with other techniques that you will eventually learn about)
There are many way to make things “disappear” and impart the illusion of invisibility. Based on what you have studied so far, here is one possible ways you can do so. (There are certainly other ways and I strongly recommend spending some time thinking about this)
Using the refractive index
If you want to make something invisible,you have to ensure that the index of refraction of the object and the medium where you are hiding it remain the same and also that the object is transparent and colorless.
The refractive index of a polymer ball is identical to that of water and if you immerse a colorless polymer ball in water, you can make it ‘disappear’ like the animation above shows you.
When you immerse colored polymer balls in water on the other, they seem as if they are 2-d objects although they are spheres!
