exploratorium

Exhibits

Animation Tower

Quick-changing views create the illusion of motion.

Where:   Bechtel Gallery 3: Seeing & Listening
Exhibit Developers:   Richard O. Brown and Jessica Strick
Subjects:
Aliases: Praxinoscope Tower

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Science activity that demonstrates persistence of vision
Whirling Watcher

Short bursts of moving images produce some interesting effects.

Science activity that demonstrates persistence of vision
Persistence of Vision

Your eye and brain hold on to a series of images to form a single complete picture.

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Robot Dance

Quick-changing views create the illusion of motion.

Animation Station

A stop-motion animation is made of many pictures, each slightly different from the last.

Magic Wand

Wave the wand quickly and see an image appear.

Flourish (Bloom)

Edmark’s 3-D printed sculptures, called blooms, animate when spun under a strobe light.