Researcher Chen Hongsheng from Zhejiang University and colleagues from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University made a goldfish and a cat disappear with the new light-bending cloak, wantchinatimes.Com reported.
Chen said the cloak can hide objects and organisms which can move along with the device without affecting their invisibility.
The cloak was developed using thin panels of glass that make objects invisible by bending light around them.
Quoting a report by state-run Xinhua News Agency, the website said the cloak can only make objects invisible in a narrow spectrum of light.
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They used a hexagonal device, which is most effective when light is shone directly at six angles, while the polygonal device can only make objects invisible at two angles.
However, the technology is still rudimentary as it is most effective when the light comes from a single angle.