1. Jun 10, 2008 #1

   Crazyevox

   

   http://www.woodencigars.com/vwftp.html
   
   I dont get it... my face was like O_O at the end of the video
   
   he uses e=mc^2 to explain how his "energy" goes in to produce "mass". But can it be explained from a more mathematical/geometrical perspective too?

    

   Crazyevox, Jun 10, 2008
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3. Jun 10, 2008 #2

   yuiop

   

   I think if he not "palming" the extra pieces and doing a streaight forward video editting trick then he is probably using the illusion illustrated in these tricks.
   
   http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/impossible-triangle-illusion-no2.html
   
   http://www.moillusions.com/2007/01/mathematic-triangles-illusion.html

    

   yuiop, Jun 10, 2008
4. Jun 10, 2008 #3

   moose

   

   We've had countless discussions on this triangle "paradox". If you look closely, it's not a triangle. I don't believe it has a uniform slope.

    

   moose, Jun 10, 2008
5. Jun 10, 2008 #4

   spideyunlimit

   

   It is a well known thing dude. The hypotenuse is not a straight line :) ... no E = mc^2 funda here.

    

   spideyunlimit, Jun 10, 2008

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