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The future of Metamaterials

  • 27articles
  • 2016first covered
  • 9 Dec 2025latest update
  • 5linked technologies

What is Metamaterials?

What is Metamaterials doing to bring the future to life?

Bringing the future to life

How Metamaterials is shaping what comes next

On the 311 Starburst

Metamaterials goes mainstream around 2035

Metamaterials sits in the Materials sector of the 311 Emerging Technology Starburst, which tracks 1,073 technologies to 2075. The timeline shows when it and the technologies most often reported alongside it reach the mainstream.

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All 27 articles on Metamaterials

  1. Sci-fi adaptive camouflage gets an upgrade with synthetic Octopus skinIndustry and manufacturing
  2. Chinese military invents a new invisibility cloak for dronesIndustry and manufacturing
  3. Researchers coax nanoparticles to reconfigure themselves to create Morphing materialsIndustry and manufacturing
  4. This 3D printed material is stronger than anything produced by natureIndustry and manufacturing
  5. Chinese scientists store data in the world’s first unhackable 3D printed materialSecurity and privacy
  6. Scientists have confirmed the weird existence of time reflectionsComputing
  7. This UK startup lets you buy a literal invisibility shieldIndustry and manufacturing
  8. Unilevers first 3D printed metamaterial chocolates take eating to a whole new levelIndustry and manufacturing
  9. Telekinetic and telepathic materials open the door to mental weirdnessBiotech and enhanced humans
  10. Nanomagnetic computing could help create ultra efficient AI’s at the edgeComputing
  11. Amazing new grain sized nanocamera snaps amazing hi def imagesIndustry and manufacturing
  12. Future wearables will be powered by your skinEarth and energy
  13. HyperStealth demonstrate the world’s first viable invisibility cloakIndustry and manufacturing
  14. Researchers created a digital metamaterial to create better cloaking devicesIndustry and manufacturing
  15. NASA’s revolutionary metamaterial “morphing” wing mimics birds wingsTransport and mobility
  16. The Future of Superyacht Design | SuperyachtNews, UK | Matthew Griffin | Luxury Keynote SpeakerArticles
  17. Revolutionising communications, Kymeta starts shipping metamaterial antennasIndustry and manufacturing
  18. This new metamaterial could turn your car into its own airbagTransport and mobility
  19. Harvard’s Metalense breakthrough could pave the way for real invisibility cloaksIndustry and manufacturing
  20. Scientists have created the world’s first wormhole in a labEarth and energy
  21. MIT’s new AI is helping scientists design new, futuristic materialsIndustry and manufacturing
  22. Nanocrystal discovery turns normal glasses into night vision specsIndustry and manufacturing
  23. Scientists use defects to create a new programmable materialIndustry and manufacturing
  24. Drones are fighting back against laser attacksSecurity and privacy
  25. Drones get new eyes in the sky with Echodynes miniature radarRobotics
  26. Team GB cyclists get ready to unveil their seven percent advantage at Rio 2016Biotech and enhanced humans
  27. New metamaterial lays the foundation for light based computingIndustry and manufacturing

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How many articles has 311 Institute published about Metamaterials?

311 Institute has published 27 articles about Metamaterials since 2016, most recently on 9 December 2025.

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