John V Muntean has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago.  He is also an artist, creating what he calls “Magic Angle Sculptures”.  Each of these sculptures resembles an abstract wooden carving.  However, when lit from above, the carving can be rotated to reveal three distinct shadows.  The video below details Muntean’s sculpture […]

Scott Blake creates art using bar codes.  This video demonstrates his interactive exhibit called Barcode Elvis at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! in San Francisco, California.  Scott arranged barcodes from Elvis CDs in such a way that they resemble a composite portrait of the man himself.   When one of the bar codes is scanned using […]

This video presents two nuts with openings facing in different direction.  A single pencil is then placed through both of the holes simultaneously in a manner that certainly looks to be impossible. The video then goes on to reveal exactly how this illusion is performed.  But even knowing the secret to the construction of these […]

Brusspup creates very interesting optical illusion videos that he uploads to his YouTube channel.  You may recall the incredible portrait that he made from push pins posted two weeks ago.  Here, he has created the illusion of a chair sitting in the middle of a room when no chair actually exists. Some behind the scenes […]

As part of a publicity stunt to promote its new vehicle that runs on fuel cell technology, Mercedes decided to make the whole car invisible.  Watch how they did it in the video below.

Some artists are blessed with a great deal of talent and originality.  Brusspup is one of those artists.  He creates and uploads a lot of optical illusion videos on Youtube.  One of his latest ones, however, was his biggest effort yet.  Using approximately 15,000 push pins (thumb tacks), he created a portrait of a young […]