Today’s video spotlights the Jastrow Illusion using a pair of identical toy train tracks. The two wooden train track pieces appear to be longer (or shorter) than the other when arranged one on top of the other. When one of the pieces is placed directly on top of the other, however, it is obvious that they […]
The street performer known as Special Head returned to America’s Got Talent last night in Las Vegas with a brand new levitation stunt. This one was a little different than his previous performance, but still involved him appearing to float above the ground. Instead of levitating by lifting his legs off the ground like he […]
Last month, Special Head’s levitation trick on America’s Got Talent created quite a buzz. Special Head was certainly not the first person to perform such a trick and he surely won’t be the last. Performance artist Johan Lorbeer did a slight variation of this stunt by casually leaning against the wall of a building while […]
“I can fool you because you’re a human,” said Jerry Andrus. “You have a wonderful human mind that works no different from my human mind. Usually when we’re fooled, the mind hasn’t made a mistake. It’s come to the wrong conclusion for the right reason.” During his illustrious life, Jerry Andrus was many things. He […]
On Tuesday’s episode of NBC’s show America’s Got Talent, a performer named Special Head wowed the audience by levitating in mid air. During his preparation for the stunt, a bored Howard Stern gave him his sign of disapproval by buzzing him and giving him an ‘X’. The other three judges held back and let him […]
This illusion concerns apparent rotation generated by pure translation. Square patterns consisting of four segments appear to rotate when they move straightly at a constant speed across the grid background. More surprisingly, the rotations in opposite directions can be generated by exactly the same square patterns. This illusion might be explained by the well-known inchworm […]
Presented below is a video that was another finalist for the 2013 Best Illusion of the Year contest hosted by the Neural Correlate Society. The video shows four yellow circles spinning at the same speed around both the Roadrunner and and the very hungry Coyote. Watch what happens when the four circles spinning around the […]
