Bent Aluminium Optical Illusion

(3 votes)

Try to solve the following enigma. The following piece of aluminium was neither thinned not elongated. And no pieces were added. It was not a sphere or a cylinder. So how can it have this shape now?

Invisible Cloak Illusion

(4 votes)

The technology for atomic level invisibility might be closer than you’d think! Russian professor Oleg Gadomsky has patented a new method of optical camouflage. The professor, versed in both quantum and optical electronics, uses gold nanoparticles arranged in a stratum that cloaks the image of an object to the other side of the stratum.

Gadomsky’s [...]

Head on a Plate Illusion

(3 votes)

A girl looks at her vanished lower body through an optical illusion, while participating in an exhibit named “A Head On A Platter” at a science museum in Kolkata. This one is “Smoke and Mirrors” obviously…

The Transparent Desktop Trick

(22 votes)

You just take a shot of what’s behind your screen and make it your desktop background. And yes, I’ve tried it, and yes, it’s more difficult than it looks to get it just right, especially if you don’t have a laptop. It’s all about the fold-down screen. Post your own pictures under comments and I’ll [...]

Glowing Bulb Magic Trick

(2 votes)

Stare at the black light bulb for at least 30 seconds. Then immediately stare at a white area on the screen or at a sheet of paper. You should see a glowing light bulb!

Candy Stripes Illusion

(12 votes)

At first glaze you’ll probably see some different color stripes in this pic. You’ll see pink, blue, orange, green. Better look closer. Actually, the GREEN and the BLUE are of the same shade! If you bring your head closer to the screen, you’ll see that the green/blue stripes actually go across the entire image. This [...]

Fooling Gravity Illusion

(3 votes)

This one is also not done by digital modification. Either way, probably easy to guess the trick anyway – [via].

Painted Stairs Illusion

(8 votes)

This one’s very nice. Not much to be said, just glaze your eyes at this picture and question yourslef if this magical paint-job is so realistic in real life too! I surely beleive so..

Body Art Illusion

(5 votes)

This illusion really does the trick. You can hardly beleive there is actually a women in this picture (no, it isn’t done with Adobe Photoshop)!

Bended Lines Illusion

(5 votes)

The red lines in this picture are actually straight, they just appear to be wavy.