Fantastic Fun Websites

Basketball Shadow Illusion

This is just about the coolest illusion I've ever seen. Simply by changing the way the shadow displays, the basketball seems to move in completely different ways.http:⁄⁄www.weirdoptics.com⁄ball-shadow-illusion⁄

Checker Shadow Illusion

This one is one of my favorites. It show how the eye adapts and sees colors in shadows brighter and colors in light darker.http:⁄⁄www.weirdoptics.com⁄checker-shadow-visual-optical-illusion-reloaded⁄

The entire WeirdOptics website is just an absolutely fabulous place to visit.

Winner of the Moth GrandSlam for story telling

Moran Cerf tells how he decided to go back to school and get a Ph.D. in computational Neuroscience at Caltech. He had graduate work in Philosophy of Science (M.A) and a Physics (B. Sc), before becoming a computer hacker and security expert in Israel. This career ended with the joy of an armed bank robbery.http:⁄⁄www.youtube.com⁄watch?v=RJVHTQSvUIo