Impossible Motion Illusion: Magnet-Like Slopes

May 25, 2010 · Filed Under Illusion · Comment 

This illusion was named the 2010 Illusion of the Year by the Meiji Institute in Japan. Somehow each ball travels up a slope to meet in the middle. You can build your own by following the inventor’s plans on his website.

Tricks with a Levitron

October 7, 2009 · Filed Under Science Tricks, Tutorials · Comment 

Learn a couple of magic tricks you can do with a levitron, a spinning top that appears to float in midair.