illusions
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Calendar Curiosities: Joyeux Anniversaire Georges Méliès
Maries Georges Jean Méliès was many things during his life: puppeteer, actor, stage designer, magician/illusionist, theatre owner, toy salesman and,…
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The Moon: Peer Review in Comics
Last I was here, it was for the anniversary of Galileo’s landmark, first observations of the moon via telescope. Today…
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Sunday Morning Illusion
http://youtu.be/w6ccBwnc5KU Everything is relative; Our perceptions are driven by comparison… Just what everyone needs on a Sunday morning, an existential…
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Sunday Morning Illusion
See the two faces? Good. Now step back from your computer and move away while looking at them. See their…
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Sunday Morning Illusion
I love these Things. How does it work? Check after the break The short version: Tiny eye movements. The longer…
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Sunday Morning Illusion
Which is the male and which the female? Can you choose correctly without hair and fashion? Answer after the break.…
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Sunday Morning Illusion: Magic Eye
“Magic eye” pictures are sort of reverse illusions. Where most optical illusions challenge the brain to see what is actually…
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Your Sunday Morning Illusion
Here’s a cool demonstration of how our brains deal with conflicts between what we hear and what we see by…
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