No, it’s not a one way mirror. It’s much cooler than that. MIT scientists have invented a new invisible mirror that can show reflections like a typical mirror but also be see through like a window. The magic is in the alternating 84 ultra thin layers typical glass and tantalum oxide. It’s a mirror but when you spin it, it becomes transparent. Some light passes through, some light gets reflected.
In this illusion, a toy car seemingly appears from no where. How is that possible? Well, the car was always there. Really. It’s a simple but masterful trick, the toy car is programmed to travel along a designated route while the red cards are shown off as a distraction. As one card is shown to reveal nothing behind it, the other card is covering the moving toy car. What you’re seeing is what you’re allowed to see.
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My eyes are telling me that this is 3D art. My brain is telling me that these are 3D drawings. My entire being believes that this is crafted in 3D. But nope. These drawings are actually 2D with clever shading and angles to make us believe they’re in 3D. I still can’t believe it.
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For its next supercar, Lamborghini has continued its exploration of sharp angles. The Veneno was designed as a “hypercar” to celebrate Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary. I’ll take two, please.
The Lamborghini Veneno is one of the most striking street-legal cars that I’ve ever seen. It’s based on the Aventador, and has a 6.5-liter V12 producing 750 horsepower, which will propel you up to 220 miles per hour. It features lots of carbon-fiber reinforced polymer to reduce weight. The crazy angles are there to optimize aerodynamics and include a front splitter, rear diffuser, massive rear wing, and a shark-like fin running all along the spine of the roof.
Sadly, only three people on Earth will get to own it. With an approximate price of $4.5 million (USD) price tag, only petrolheads with vast sums of money to burn will be driving these. Naturally, all three have already been sold.
[via Autoblog]
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