Cool Sites & Sources

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    Beloved Toys: Sites & Sources of Treasured Old Toys & Related Writings

    Museum of Play and Strong Museum of Toys

    Playstuff Blog

    Etch-A-Sketch master, Tim George

    Arto Monaco - Children's Toy creator, Land of Make Believe, 1913-2005

    "Thinking Outside of the Toy Box: 4 Children's Gizmos That Inspired Scientific Breakthroughs - Brilliant minds reach back to childhood to help them develop tiny transistors, study particle separation, make microfluidics devices, and fight cancer"

    Shrinky Dinks Sparks Another Giant Nanostep Forward for Low Cost Solar Power

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    Optical Illusion Fun: Anamorphoscopes, Slant Art & Other Eye-Ticklers

    "The brain abhors ambiguity, yet we are curiously attracted to it. Many famous visual illusions exploit ambiguity to titillate the senses. Resolving uncertainties creates a pleasant jolt in your brain, similar to the one you experience in the 'Eureka!' moment of solving a problem...." Scientific American article - "Ambiguities and Perception"

    Anamorphosis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Anamorphosis - Planet Perplex. Planet Perplex is a comprehensive collection of optical illusions, impossible objects, hidden images, puzzles and related images.

    People Pictures - Bird's Eye Views (a form of Slant Art)

    Octavio Ocampo - Images and Biography

    169 Best Illusions - Scientific American book

    Emily's Collection - 13 Mind messing images Emily collected

    Takao Trick Art Museum - west of Tokyo, Japan

    Look for lots more optical illusion fun in my blog posts.
    Please remember copyrighted images remain the property of the original artists.

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    Clever Stuff: A Collection of Sites, Sources & Images that Just Delight Me

    500 Years of Women in Art - Brilliant face transitions

    Between the Folds - An incredible paper folding video

    Stop motion animation in a bed - Extremely inventive, with minimal props!

    Accidental Discoveries - New, green adhesive

    Animal Voiceovers - You'll want to watch this over and over!

    Baby dreams - Adorable tableaux by Adele Enersen

    Style Your Garage - Fun alternatives to that boring garage door.

    Structural Graphics - Ingenious pop-up marketing pieces

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    Left & Right Brain: Organizations, Books, Articles & People Doing the Work to Increase our Understanding

    Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation

    Physics4Kids.com: Light & Optics: Reflection

    Andrew Zimmerman Jones - About.com Physics

    Scientific American Article – “Ambiguous Figures”

    Scientific American Article – “3-D Illusions”

    Scientific American Article – “Illusory Motion”

    Scientific American Article – “Shape Distortion Illusion”

    Scientific American Search Results for “visual illusions”

    Bruce Frankel - Writer, Reporter, Poet

    Synesthesia - The Man Who Tasted Shapes

    Creative Education Foundation

    National Association for Gifted Children

    NFTE – Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

    Lekotek

    Dr. Toy - Leading Expert on Play, Toys & Children's Products