PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - I met a gentleman at a restaurant who wanted to know why wheels that are moving a vehicle forward sometimes look like they are spinning backward. While this is a weird phenomenon, ...

Mixing up precisely controlled, strobing LED lights and finely timed good vibrations, Slow Dance is aiming to bring a slice of science to a living room near you. Blending high-tech with organic ...

What do you get when you put an ultra-bright LED in the palm of a glove, and strobe it controlled by an accelerometer? A Time Control Glove! In creator [MadGyver]’s own words, it’s “just a stroboscope ...

THE after-effect of seen movement (sometimes known as the waterfall effect) is a well-known illusion in which steady viewing of a moving patterned surface is followed, on transfer of one's gaze to a ...

1 North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, USA 2 Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA 3 Joint Department of Biomedical ...

This thing right here might be the coolest desk toy since Newton’s Cradle. It’s [Stephen Co]’s latest installment in a line of mesmerizing, zodiac-themed art lamps that started with the water-dancing ...