Collaborate Disseminate
Sine-wave speech can be thought of as a sort of auditory illusion, a sensory edge case in which one’s experience has a clear “before” and “after” moment, like going through …read more Continue reading Sine-wave Speech Demonstrates an Auditory One-way Door
Sometimes a coworker sees something on your desk, and they have to ask, “Where can I get one of those?” and that has to be one of the greatest compliments …read more Continue reading Smart Sphere or Magnetic Magic
Illusions are perceptual experiences that do not match physical reality, and the 2023 Illusion of the Year contest produced a variety of nifty ones that are worth checking out. A …read more Continue reading These Illusions Celebrate Exploiting Human Senses
Did you know that water can drip UP instead of down? It’s true! Okay, okay- it’s a bit of an optical illusion, but one that’s mesmerizing no less, and it’s …read more Continue reading Water Drips Up In Kid-Friendly Engineering Experiment
[Blair Nearl] has been working on an information database for artists and hackers – a collection of non-conventional display technologies available to us. We’ve covered this repository before, six years …read more Continue reading Alternative Display Technologies And Where To Find Them
A new video from [Make Anything] shows off a nice combo that has a real visual impact: ambiguous shapes that look different depending on what angle they are viewed at, …read more Continue reading Bi-Color Filament Kicks 3D Printed Optical Illusions Up a Notch
Say what you will about illusions, [Create Inc] has some 3D prints that appear to change shape when viewed in a mirror. For example, circles transform into stars and vice …read more Continue reading Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Do My Eyes Deceive Me After All
We hear fables of how to restore the crispness to your crisp and the crackle to your crackers, but they are more hot air than some of the methods. We found one solution that has some teeth though, and it doesn’t require any kitchen appliances, just a pair of headphones. …read more
Continue reading Don’t Trust Your Ears for the Freshest Chips
Last year, mathematician and professional optical illusionist [Kokichi Sugihara] came up with an arrow that only points one way. Technically, it’s ‘anomalous mirror symmetry’, but if you print this arrow and look at it juuuussst right, it appears this arrow only points one way.
[Ali] had the idea to turn …read more
If you’ve ever been to a local fair or amusement park, chances are you’ve seen an illusion known as Pepper’s Ghost. To perform the illusion, essentially all that’s needed is a thin sheet of plastic or one-way mirror and a light source. Get it right, and you’ll have apparitions popping up in all kinds of interesting places. With just the right software, though, one of those places could be in your own 3D display.
Using just a tablet and a sheet of plastic rolled into a cone, a three-person team was able to create a 3D display using the Pepper’s …read more