How Houdini’s Legacy Inspires Generations of Maker Magicians
“A badge of honor for magicians is to have created their own effects, their own illusions.”
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See it Made: Wooden 3D Cube Illusion Bowl
Watch woodworker Thomas Anton Geurts create a wooden bowl with a 3D cube illusion design (known also as the tumbling cube).
A Hidden Robot Scarf
As an engineer I like robots. OK, sometimes I hate don’t like them when they’re misbehaving. Either way, I can say for sure that I love the idea of robots that we saw in, say, the Jetsons. They were envisioned as pleasant companions that were there to serve us. In fact, if that kind of […]
How-To: Jell-O Illusion Desserts
Check out the amazing process of making Illusion Strawberry Skeleton Jelly in this immensely pleasant video by There Hey! It’s Mosogourmet!!, It’s delusion gourmet!
Amazing Rotating Head Illusion
Artist Markus Raetz created this amazing illusion by ingeniously synchronizing two rotating carousels of silhouettes so that they appear to depict a rotating head.
DIY Hacks & How To’s: Pepper’s Ghost Illusion
Pepper’s Ghost is a special effects technique for creating transparent ghostly images. This technique has been a staple of theaters and haunted houses since John Pepper popularized it in the 1800’s. It works by reflecting an image of the ghost off of a sheet of plexiglass. The plexiglass is set at a 45 degree angle in front of the audience. At this angle the background remains clearly visible, but it also reflects a partial image of the ghost that is located off to one side.
Rubik’s Cube Illusion Knitting Pattern
Illusion knitters Pat Ashforth & Steve Plummer recently completed this amazing new pattern, which is a rubik’s cube that miraculously solves itself when you look at from the proper angle!
