Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

Animated Cartoon Optical Illusion

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

You can make this yourself… using one image to create a cartoon using a masked overlay… creating movement:


Animated Optical Illusion! - Funny home videos are a click away

The video is 115 seconds long, and was found on metacafe. http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1300550/animated_optical_illusion/

Magic rainbow milk

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

A simple and colorful way to get milk to move with rainbow swirls. Would it work with soy milk or other liquids? The add-in appears to be ordinary dish soap.

The video is about 2 minutes long.

Kinetic Sculpture - StrandBeest - Theo Jansen

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Amazing sculptures that move on their own… the creator of these is probably going to be a lot more famous, but for now he may need an introduction… Theo Jansen makes these in Holland:


Strandbeast - a beast (or beest) that walks on the sand, hoping to be a viral video star! More seriously, Theo has a website where an upcoming movie is referenced - strandbeest.com.

Ferro Fluid - amazing liquid

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

A ferro fluid is, well, watch the video and read the description under it while you watch:


definition “A fluid in which fine particles of iron, magnetite or cobalt are suspended, typically in an oil.” (from webopedia, and they were invented by NASA. Answers.com defines it as “A colloidal suspension that becomes magnetized in a magnetic field because of a disperse phase consisting of ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic particles. “