What are They Saying?

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Mathematical Illusion 64=65

I was pointed to this mathematical illusion by Pardalote Flits. This illusion presents something you know to be false in a simple visual way that might confuse your sens...

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Hand in the Monitor Optical Illusion

Of all of the transparent desktops created that were featured in the previous post this one was the most convincing. The desktop below is a very cleverly created optical illusion.Many of the desktops used hands or arms to make the illusion of a transparent...

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Optical Camouflage, Science is at it Again

A group from Japan has developed a form of optical camouflage. Optical camouflage is a kind of active camouflage. It allows the viewer to see what is behind the object or person being camouflaged. Click on either picture below to see a video of this...

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Technology Illusion or Incredible Feat?

I found this animation on Grow-a-brain. This is an animated gif of a girl apparently being tossed in the air and coming down through a basketball hoop. Looking at this animation it is easy to say the thing was faked and all we have here is the illusion...

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All of Our Mirror Sites are in Trouble

Due to unknown causes all of the mirror sites for Optical Illusions Etc have met with or currently are experiencing disasters.This mirror site sprung a leak and will be underwater soon.This mirror site is currently under attack by alien ships.This mirror...

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Lollipop and Other Candy Illusions

It occurred to me that some candy products seem to be based on optical illusions. Below are some lollipops that fall into this category. They seem to resemble many of the spiral illusions that I have come across.And this ribbon candy provides an illusion...

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The Art of James Bond

The long running James Bond series of movies has always had very interesting ways of opening their movies. The use of shadows and light have been big. Jay on Dataste.com posted this pic and linked to a site specializing in The Art of James Bond.Again...

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Cow and Fly Optical Illusion

I also found this optical illusion at Archimedes-Lab. This is one of the better illusions that require you to stare. The clarity of the picture after you follow the instructions below is amazing. Try ...

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Straight or Not?

I found this at Archimedes-Lab. The graphic poses the question "Straight or not?" Being an optical illusion it wouldn't be posing the question if the answer wasn't that each is a square with perfectly straight sides.Hard to believe? I agree so don't...

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Wishful Drawing Illusion

This series of drawings are all titled wishful drawings. I don't know who did this set but I find them unique. I know anyone could draw pictures like these but I have not come across any others in all of my searches.Could be though that this artist might...

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Just in case nobody has smiled at you today

I received this from my sister in e-mail and thought you all might enjoy its unique effe...

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Vanity Illusions

When I first started this blog I noticed items popping up in my Google ads that seemed strange. Contact Lenses or cosmetics sometimes would be there. So I did some digging and found out that the word illusions is used by many companies. I thought I would...

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Illusions of Science? No, Images of the Very Real

Let's file these images under the category of things you don't see everyday. I borrowed these images from Eye of Science. Resin cast of the urinary vessels of a kidney. The red structure shows the major and minor calyces which receive urine from different...

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