Levitating Cup is a gravity defying glass trick that will impress your guests. The glass is designed to levitate above a portable metallic base, so it can appear to float weightlessly in mid-air. Chicago-based startup company launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to bring the product to market. They raised $27,880 of its $50,000… Continue reading Levitating Cup: Gravity Defying Glasses
Tag: Floating Objects
Mirror Ball Trick
Captain Disillusion explains the visual effects behind the puzzling “Magically throwing a ball through a mirror” video by animator Kevin Parry. Watch the video below.
Floating Gas Tank
YouTuber Wallace TheMadKing created a fascinating optical illusion structure that shows a propane tank floating in mid-air hooked to a chain. Watch the step by step demonstration on how to create the mind-bending trick in the video below.
Colorful Liquid Ball Floating in Space
A mesmerizing 4K Ultra HD video features astronaut Commander Scott Kelly on the International Space Station playing with water, food coloring and an Alka-Seltzer tablet formed in a bubble-shaped ball floating in midair. The higher resolution images and higher frame rate videos can reveal more information when used on science investigations, giving researchers a valuable new… Continue reading Colorful Liquid Ball Floating in Space
Stunning Installation of 100,000 Illuminated Balloons in Covent Garden
French artist Charles PĂ©tillon has created a stunning installation “Heartbeat” that features an giant cloud of 100,000 white balloons in Covent Garden in London. Weaving its way through the South Hall of the Grade II listed Market Building, Heartbeat stretches 54 metres in length and 12 metres in width, and incorporates gentle pulsating white light… Continue reading Stunning Installation of 100,000 Illuminated Balloons in Covent Garden
The Floating Screwdriver Trick
Ben from NightHawkInLight performed an awesome trick by making a screwdriver ‘magically’ float in mid-air with nothing but air holding it up! He used an air compressor gun to blow air at the tapered section of the handle, the weight of the screwdriver is balanced enough to allow it to float. Watch the video below.
Covent Garden Market Floating in Mid-Air
To the people passing by, it looks as though a section of the market building in London’s Covent Garden has broken free from its foundations and is floating in mid-air, high above them. But in reality, the display, which imitates the architecture in the area, is a complicated mind-bending technical wizardry which took months to create. The… Continue reading Covent Garden Market Floating in Mid-Air
Floating Objects With Magnetic Levitation Device
A video posted by YouTube channel Brusspup about an amazing demonstrating of a magnetic levitation device, created by Dutch company Crealev, that allows objects to hover rather than fall to the ground. In the clip, it features a variety of objects weighs up to 9kg (20lbs) floating in mid-air with no support whatsoever.