36 Comments
- stutteringstan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12It works in black and white as well! I should know, I printed it on my laser jet the last time this was posted on digg.
- sfacets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7this has been posted before...
- AndrewMayne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is based on a design by Jerry Andrus. He's a magician and inventor who creates some really cool illusions. There's a museum in Helsinki that has large scale versions of his effects.
- tangerine, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I tried it a few months back. Hard as Hell to put together correctly. I lost it where the snout/mouth connects to the body.
- spyres, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This has already been on the frontpage a few times. Use search next time.
- clumsyninja, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm gonna put one in the bathroom. :D
- unitedstatians, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3the official one OMG the DRAGON is ALIVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTIHkSxDbnc&search=opticas
dancing dragons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aKIgsRFsuc&search=opticas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9h4Xx3jxJ8&search=opticas
Dragoncito Claudia - guy weaseling to dragon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68ifXgJLftY&search=opticas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tgGCCSjT_8&search=opticas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P_26ztLXLI&search=opticas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iC0tc91VxY&search=opticas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igqxk6U02nw&search=opticas - xcalibre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2care to post it?
- karamba_kid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1couldn't get mine to work.
- feshmania, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5This was a great optical illusion about a year ago. Now I think it's just clutter.
- andrew52, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3this is terribly old, but is still really awesome!
- lavawalker, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4http://digg.com/science/Short_Video_That_Fools_the_Eye
- gamabunta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Tried it 4 when it was posted on here before and it didnt seem to work for me.
- osrevad, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can make a very similar thing out of origami. It's the same effect, but a cube instead of a dragon.
- swizzlestick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I first saw this in about 2001 and was really blown away by how intense the effect was. This link references the Binary Arts company, which used to sell a version of these. I checked their website, but could not find them listed anymore. But, I bought some from them in the past, so if you want to see what their "commercial" version looks like, you can see some photos and a video I took (a few minutes ago) on my website here:
http://happypurchase.com/dragon-illusion/
The company's website is here:
http://www.thinkfun.com - Kokichi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1me neither :(
- sithvicious, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7cool but kinda old.
- trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4It was on the front page this year I believe. Not that it makes much of a difference.
- goaliegirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0digg for contributing to counter-productivity. :)
- drewfer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Friggin nuts! I don't think i could sleep at night with that thing ALWAYS WATCHING......
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Amazing! I'm making myself one right now. I hope it's going to look good coming out of a laser printer and in B&W :)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5Don't care if it's old, that's awesome! Even though the narrator was talking baout how it's an illusion, I couldn't see how until the video revealed it.
- Whatsinaname, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2dude its liek im on drugs
- jojoko, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3this is *****. i want a green dragon. the pdf is blue. everyone knows dragons are never blue.
- Justinpirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thats awesome!! I am going to make one tomorrow.. thanks for the link.
- Alkali, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Its on my desk right now, freaky
- carguy84, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Thanks for the direct link. At least some one understands the virtues of a busy reader.
Chip- - trogdoor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2If you send it to me I will upload it to my googlepage for you. Trogdoor at gmail dot com
- beelz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4i think its been on digg before but that was a long time ago. v1.0 so ill digg. still cool
- pod2peerbryan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I know a couple of daughters that are going to hate me when they find this guy on their desk when they come home from school.
Dugg - beelz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3i made it red in PS but i dont know a good free file host for odd files anyone know one ill upload it.
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2I've seen one before. It really is cool.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1you should be able to upload to any free service thing... i like to use this... http://blazeit.be/ simply because not that many people know about it and it's really fast... plus it's ad free... :)
- IngisKahn, on 10/12/2007, -11/+4I have a few of these guys around the house and office from the LAST time it was posted on Digg. This is neither tech nor news. :p
And what does this have to do with color printers? - Nicholas482109, on 10/12/2007, -14/+4Fascinating


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