Category: optical illusion

Watch a helicopter magically levitates with frozen rotors, and understand why it happens

Udi Tirosh

Have you ever seen a helicopter magically rise in the air without its motor spinning? If not, you are in for a treat. OK, how can that be? Here is a little well-known secret, the main rotor of the helicopter is actually spinning pretty fast? Fast enough that it perfectly aligns with the frame rate […]

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Clever practical effects make for reality-bending photos from a magician’s smartphone

Gannon Burgett

In the words of Terry Pratchett, ‘It’s still magic even if you know how it’s done.’ That’s good to know, because for a recent assignment from, magician DYNAMO shows us how he used a Galaxy S7 and clever practical effects to create incredibly unique and unusual images. Yes, the video is nothing more than an advert, […]

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