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Eye Flicker Explains Optical IllusionThe flicker of your eye explains why some static images appear to move, and scientists think this quirk may help us perceive things in our peripheral vision. ... |
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New Animal Collective - "Brother Sport"When we gave you a live-in-France video clip of "Brother Sport" back in April we called the (excellent) song "full-on springtime tropicalia," though it'd been recorded in October. The fact of the matter: The Merriweather Post Pavilion closer's full-on early winter tropicalia, ... |
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Optical illusions: caused by eye or brain?When viewing the famous optical illusion painting Enigma by Isia Leviant, many people claim to see motion within the colored circles moving against the black and white striped background. Although this optical illusion has been known for a long time, its physiological origins are still unknown. .... |
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SIA Flashback - General MacArthur’s 1942 Packard and See-Through PontiacNo, that 1939 Pontiac isn’t a trick, an optical illusion. It’s genuinely see-through, one of two that GM built for the 1939 and 1940 World’s Fairs. Or, at least, two that are known to have been built at the time of this article’s publication in SIA #34, May-June 1976. And... |
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Fun with sine-wave speechHere are some voice recordings that have been tweaked almost beyond recognition, placed side-by-side with the unaltered recordings. The tweaked recordings are almost impossible to make out (though if you listen to them over and over, you can figure out what they are saying) but after you listen t... |
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Pumpkin Carving Stencil PDFsIt’s not too late to add some more Halloween feeling to your home. Run out and buy couple of pumpkin, come back and print out these easy to stencil PDFs to help you to make some creative pumpkin carving this year. Above is the coolest one - the Joker from Batman. Download the PDF here. Mor... |

