Ten (Mostly) New Illusions To Kick Start Your Brain This Morning

After a four-day weekend it’s not easy to get your brain back in gear for the work week. So consider this two-and-a-half minute collection of optical illusions a mental boot camp with Richard Wiseman serving as your overly-pleasant drill sergeant. More »

Minds Will Be Blown When You Have a Table That’s Also an Optical Illusion [Beautiful]

Looking at Roberta Rampazzo’s Illusion Side Table, you can’t help but fall into a vortex of heavy thoughts. Are the legs crossing? Are they bent? Are there three legs? Four legs? Five legs? Does this still adhere to the platonic ideal of what a table is? Will I be a better person for having one? Would my parents approve? Is it more valuable than significant others in my life? Can I take it with me into the afterlife? More »

This Amazing Optical Illusion Will Make You Hate Your Brain [Video]

Your mind is not playing tricks on you. These amazing animations were done on transparencies. A pair of images were printed on separate plastic sheets your high school math teacher used and one was slowly dragged over the other, resulting in crazy moving pictures, like PacMan eating bullets, or a cat running. More »