Continental's Augmented Reality HUD puts information on the road

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><img alt="The Continental AR-HUD prototype brings augmented reality to the windshield" height="360" src="http://images.gizmag.com/hero/continentalarhud-0.jpg" title="The Continental AR-HUD prototype brings augmented reality to the windshield" width="640" /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Displaying your speed on the windshield can be handy for keeping under the speed limit, but Continental is taking things to the next level with its Augmented Reality Head-up Display (AR-HUD) prototype. In addition to showing your current speed, the system can overlay information on the road specifically where it is most relevant to the driver, such as the distance to the car in front, when to make a turn, or even upcoming driving conditions.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><img alt="The Continental AR-HUD prototype brings augmented reality to the windshield" border="0" data-pic-id="282823" height="461" itemprop="contentURL" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/continentalarhud-0.jpg" title="The Continental AR-HUD prototype brings augmented reality to the windshield" width="640" /> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The system draws data from the vehicle's camera and radar and combines it with the vehicle's dynamics data, digital maps and GPS positioning, which is used to create a model of the external view of the car as seen from the driver's perspective. This allows the system to project the augmented information onto the windscreen at the correct visual point for the driver.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The system overlays full-color graphics on the real road view in a 130 cm (51 in) wide by 60 cm (23 in) high section of the driver's field of vision at an optical-equivalent distance of 7.5 m (24 ft). The Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) technology used in this system is claimed to be the same as that used for digital cinema devices, such as the Odin Handy Projector.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As part of this system, navigation symbols – such as turns – are directly incorporated in the forward field of view, so that the driver doses not have to look away to a GPS device located elsewhere in the vehicle. Similarly, when distance controls such as Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) are enabled, a crescent-shaped icon displayed by the AR-HUD denotes which vehicle in the field of view is detected by the assistance system and the driver is kept alerted to any stray movements from their own vehicle line by an incorporated lane-monitoring alert.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"In a world that is becoming increasingly complex, the AR-HUD relieves the burden on the driver with a new quality of information," says Helmut Matschi, a member of the Executive Board at Continental. "In the augmentation, we are connecting what the driver's eyes see with explanatory information. The AR-HUD is an important step in the direction of holistic human machine interfaces in cars for a more comfortable, more economic, and safer driving experience. Drivers receive all important information before their eyes in an easily comprehensible way. This is a major step against driver distraction and sensory overload, both now and in the future."</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Developed from previous HUD systems that are currently incorporated in many European cars, the new system is in an advanced stage of development and has already been integrated into a demonstration vehicle. However, unlike other systems that are being developed for racing vehicles – such as Jaguar's Virtual Windscreen – which require specific race-track telemetry to provide information on other vehicles, the Continental AR-HUD collects its data using standard on-board electronics systems.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Continental is planning to have a production-ready version of its AR-HUD available in 2017 for purchase by automakers for incorporation in their production model vehicles.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">SOURCE-<a href="http://www.gizmag.com/augmented-reality-hud-improves-driver-information/33223/" target="_blank">GIZMAG</a> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> </div>

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Self-Driving Cars Will Soon Fill Up U.K. Roads!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">With all of the talk circulating around about self-driving cars, did you really think you’d see the day when we really started using them? Indeed, even with all of the technology at our hands today, an autonomous vehicle seems like such a lofty concept. It’s so hard to imagine everything we’ve come used to associating with vehicles, such as steering wheels and rear view mirrors, possibly being replaced with a small button labeled “stop/go”. And I guess something else besides getting your driver’s license will have to become a rite of passage when kids (at least in the U.S.) turn 16 years-old – since the cars will be doing a heck of a lot more work than the “driver”. That does bring up an interesting point – will Driver’s Education classes remain the same? Will we still have to know every rule of the road before we get behind the wheel that no longer exists? Something tells me Driver’s Ed. might get a little bit easier.</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All that to say that self-driving vehicles will take over the roads before you know it, and starting in January of 2015,<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28551069" target="_blank"> they will be allowed on the public roads of the U.K.</a></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><img alt="Self-Driving Cars Will Soon Fill Up U.K. Roads!" class="lazy alignnone size-full wp-image-17783 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/unnamed.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="359" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/unnamed.jpg" style="display: inline;" width="640" /></span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The U.K. Government recently announced that they’d like 3 different cities to host a self-driving vehicle contest of sorts, to help get this whole autonomous vehicle thing up and running.</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In case you’re wondering how a car can drive itself, they take full advantage of LIDAR technology (light detection and ranging) to get an accurate depiction of their surroundings on the road. They also use existing cruise control and lane assistance as well as acceleration and braking assistance. However, it’s expected these “assistances” will move more to the forefront down the road, with human drivers doing less and less.</span></span></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What do you think? Does this news about self-driving cars excite you at all? Let us know your thoughts regarding this story in the comments section below!</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">SOURCE-<a href="http://news.filehippo.com/2014/08/self-driving-cars-will-soon-fill-u-k-roads/" target="_blank">TECH-BEAT </a></span></span></div> </div>

Self-Driving Cars Will Soon Fill Up U.K. Roads!

With all of the talk circulating around about self-driving cars, did you really think you’d see the day when we really started using them? Indeed, even with all of the technology at our hands today…

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Drones Are Now Being Used To Smuggle Drugs Into Prison

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are all kinds of good uses for drones. Just think about some of them for a moment – they can be used to capture great aerial photography and/or video, they can (eventually) be used to deliver packages, and they provide a great recreational use as well. They also offer all kinds of uses for the military. But, as with most technology, drones can be used for good as well as not-so-good activities, such as helping to smuggle drugs and other items into prisons. As technology increases, so do the ways in which criminals can commit crimes.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/tech/drone-carrying-weed-and-cellphones-crashes-outside-93508706339.html" target="_blank">Drone wreckage was found earlier this year outside the walls of Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina</a>. Among the wreckage was found marijuana, cell phones, and tobacco. One man has been arrested in conjunction with this crime, but police are still searching for his accomplice.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><img alt="Drones Are Now Being Used To Smuggle Drugs Into Prison" class="lazy alignnone size-full wp-image-17803 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/helicopter-drones-being-flown-over-prisons-deliver-drugs.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="426" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/helicopter-drones-being-flown-over-prisons-deliver-drugs.jpg" style="display: inline;" width="640" /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Although smuggling via drones isn’t all that common of an occurrence yet, trying to smuggle cell phones and drugs into prison is pretty common. Stephanie Givens, the spokesperson for the Department of Corrections in South Carolina, had this to say regarding the story: “The technology is getting better, and we have to figure out different ways to fight back.”</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One can only wonder what kind of “technology” this will turn out to be. Will prisons now have to install some sort of anti-drone weaponry atop their walls, or will guards constantly have to be on the lookout for them? Something tells me it might turn out to be a mixture of the two.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What do you think? Did you ever imagine people using drones to smuggle items into prisons? Let us know your thoughts regarding this story in the comments section below!</span></span></div> </div>

Drones Are Now Being Used To Smuggle Drugs Into Prison

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NASA tests ‘impossible’ no-fuel quantum space engine – and it actually works

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="emdrive head" height="353" src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/emdrive-head-640x353.jpg" width="640" /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A study conducted last year by NASA scientists has become the latest, and by far the highest profile, piece of evidence in favor of a seemingly impossible space thruster design that’s been evoking worldwide skepticism for some time now. Apparently annoyed by the persistent boosters of several similar but distinct designs, the space agency finally agreed to test an American-made variant called the Cannae Drive. “Alright!” they said. “We’ll test your stupid drive that won’t work.” Except it did work. Seemingly in contravention of the law of conservation of momentum, the team confirmed that the device produces thrust by using electricity, and nothing else. Supporters call them microwave thrusters or quantum vacuum plasma thrusters (QVPT), while most others use the phrase “anomalous thrust device.”</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">First, the results of NASA’s experiment, since that’s all the team itself wants you to be talking about. Seemingly wanting to avoid unproductive controversy about the nature of existence, they’ve totally ignored the question of <em>how</em> the drive works in favour of simply reporting the data. With controls in place to avoid any confounding forces or variables, the NASA team recorded a reliable thrust between 30 and 50 micro-Newtons, less than a thousandth of the output of some relatively low-powered ion thrusters in use today. Still, the ion thrusters require fuel to operate, and the original QVPT inventor claims the version NASA tested is flawed, leading them to collect far lower thrust readings than his original can provide.</span></div> <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_187360" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; width: 650px;"> <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/emdrive-21.jpg" style="color: #b1700a; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="This is an older version of the concept than the one NASA tested, though it may still produce more thrust." class="size-large wp-image-187360" height="411" src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/emdrive-21-640x411.jpg" style="border-style: none;" width="640" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="color: #666666; line-height: 15px; padding: 10px 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is an older version of the QVPT than the one NASA tested, though it may still produce more thrust</span></div> </div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">If confirmed, the practical upshot of this technology would be amazing. Solar panels could provide the electricity needed to keep the thruster working, meaning that propulsion would be low-thrust and long-term with virtually no associated cost. That would not only drastically reduce the cost of keeping satellites running and in orbit, but it could make interstellar travel much easier; Harold White, of warp drive fame, predicted that a beefed up version of the QVPT could reach Proxima Centauri in about <a href="http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20140000851.pdf" style="color: #b1700a; text-decoration: none;">30 years</a> (assuming the concept actually works at all).</span></div> <div class="wp-caption alignright" id="attachment_187358" style="color: #333333; float: right; line-height: 22px; padding-left: 10px; width: 310px;"> <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/emdrive-3.jpg" style="color: #b1700a; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt=""Warp" drive isn't such a hare-brained concept any more, so why should quantum drives be?" class="size-medium wp-image-187358" height="200" src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/emdrive-3-300x200.jpg" style="border-style: none;" width="300" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="color: #666666; line-height: 15px; padding: 10px 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Warp drives aren’t such a harebrained concept any more, so why should quantum drives be?</span></div> </div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">While NASA might not want to talk about it, though, for us it’s worth discussing just how this drive’s creators hypothesize the thruster works. By now, most people are aware that the laws of classical physics tend to break down at the quantum scale, and exploiting that fact can give you interesting little physical impossibilities like infinitely accelerating negative-mass photons. However, the effects of these quantum-scale impossibilities have always stayed at the quantum scale; sure one atom could theoretically phase-shift through another, but we still can’t run through walls.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The central insight here (assuming this isn’t all a big mistake) is that something called quantum vacuum fluctuations will occasionally spontaneously create particles all throughout the vacuum of space, and that these short-lived particles can be put to useful work. Thus, this thruster actually <em>does</em> use fuel — it just finds and uses that fuel as it goes. The thruster essentially turns these virtual particles into a plasma and expels them out the back of the ship, much like a conventional fuel source. The quantum fuel, though, spontaneously appears inside the thruster’s reaction area without even the need for collection or injection hardware. All things considered, that’s more than a little exciting.</span></div> <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_187383" style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; width: 650px;"> <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/t6.jpg" style="color: #b1700a; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="NASA ion thruster" class="size-large wp-image-187383" height="480" src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/t6-640x480.jpg" style="border-style: none;" width="640" /></span></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="color: #666666; line-height: 15px; padding: 10px 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ion thrusters are another low-powered solution, applying weak but constant acceleration</span></div> </div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The original design, called <a href="http://emdrive.com/" style="color: #b1700a; text-decoration: none;">the emDrive</a> by creator Roger Shawyer, should get significantly more attention in the coming months, which ought to feel good given the long struggles he’s had with professional apathy and skepticism. As mentioned, the version tested by NASA is distinct from the emDrive, but still (they think) makes use of the quantum vacuum particles as the propellant. There are very preliminary plans to test a version of the drive in space, but such orbital work is expensive; now it might finally have the juice to warrant such a plan.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">SOURCE-<a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187346-nasa-tests-impossible-no-fuel-quantum-space-engine-and-it-actually-works" target="_blank">EXTREAM TECH</a></span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> </div>

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High-efficiency spray-on solar power tech can turn any surface into a cheap solar cell

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Solar Cells" height="353" src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Solar-Cells-640x353.jpg" width="640" /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Solar panels suffer from two fundamental problems that have continued to persists even after decades of research: they’re not very efficient, and they cost a lot to produce. At least one of these problems has to be solved beforesolar power can overtake cheap energy sources like fossil fuels, and some scientists have had their hopes pinned on a common mineral called perovskite. This is an organometal with peculiar light-absorbing properties, and a team of researchers from the University of Sheffield say they’ve figured out how to create high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with a spray painting process. Yes, spray-on solar panels might actually happen.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Perovskite is a crystalline organometal made mostly of calcium titanate, and is found in deposits all over the world. It was first discovered over 150 years ago, but only recently have scientists started investigating its use as a solar panel semiconductor replacement for silicon. It certainly makes sense if we can work out the kinks. Perovskite is considerably cheaper to obtain and process than silicon, and the light absorbing layer can be incredibly thin — about 1 micrometer at minimum versus at least 180 micrometers for silicon. That’s why the spray-on solar panel tech demonstrated by the University of Sheffield is plausible as a real-world solution.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1406910807662_wps_3_Spray_Coater_Nozzle_jpg.jpg" style="color: #b1700a; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Nozzle" class="size-full wp-image-187419" height="356" src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1406910807662_wps_3_Spray_Coater_Nozzle_jpg.jpg" style="border-style: none;" width="634" /></span></a></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That raises the question, how efficient is this spray-on solar cell? Right now the researchers have managed to eke out 11% efficiency from a thin layer of perovskite. Traditionally manufactured solar cells based on the mineral have reached as high as 19%, and the spray-on variety is expected to reach similar levels eventually. That might not sound very impressive, but nearly 20% efficiency is rather good for an experimental solar panel. The average efficiency of <a href="http://www.extremetech.com/tag/silicon" style="color: #b1700a; text-decoration: none;">silicon</a> cells is only 25% after all. Other materials claim higher numbers, but they aren’t nearly ready for use.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2013-02-25-eetimes-jh-scheffield.jpg" style="color: #b1700a; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Spray-on" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-187418" height="300" src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2013-02-25-eetimes-jh-scheffield-192x300.jpg" style="border-style: none; float: right; padding-left: 10px;" width="192" /></a>The breakthrough here is in the process of applying perovskite in a thin uniform layer so it can efficiently absorb light on almost any surface. A layer of this material could be used as the basis for solar panels on cars or mobile devices that don’t have completely flat surfaces for mounting standard solar panels — the structure and properties of crystalline silicon simply don’t allow for very much flexibility. A solar panel on your phone? Sure, why not? However, the University of Sheffield team cautions the efficiency of spray-on perovskite will decrease a bit on curved surfaces. [DOI: 10.1039/C4EE01546K - "Efficient planar heterojunction mixed-halide perovskite solar cells deposited via spray-deposition"]</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The spray-on process has several key benefits in addition to the obvious non-flat solar cells. Most importantly, it should be incredibly easy to scale up — or down for that matter. The same nozzle can be used to manufacture a small solar panel for personal electronics and a large one for a car. It’s just about the number of passes it takes to coat the surface. The perovskite solution used can also be mass produced cheaply and is easier to handle than silicon. This all combines to lower the potential cost of solar power considerably.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Perovskite is nearing the point that it could actually supplant silicon as the standard for solar panel tech. In just a few years these panels have gone from low single digit efficiencies to nearly matching silicon. This might finally be the breakthrough we’ve been waiting for to move renewable energy forward.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/187416-high-efficiency-spray-on-solar-power-tech-can-turn-any-surface-into-a-cheap-solar-cell" target="_blank">SOURCE-EXTREAM TECH</a></span></div> </div>

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10 Optical Illusions That Will Blow Your Mind!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h3 style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>How Many Legs Does An Elephant Have?</u></span></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="background-color: white; border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="Normally four but this particular elephant appears to have more. However have a really good look and you'll see the true nature of this image." data-image-id="355" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Elephant.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Elephant.jpg" data-title="How Many Legs Does An Elephant Have?" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Elephant.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="Normally four but this particular elephant appears to have more. However have a really good look and you'll see the true nature of this image."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="How Many Legs Does An Elephant Have?" height="291" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Elephant.jpg" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="How Many Legs Does An Elephant Have?" width="400" /></span></a><span style="color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Normally four but this particular elephant appears to have more. However have a really good look and you'll see the true nature of this image.</span></div> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><h2 style="color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>This Is Not A GIF!</u></span></h2> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="Honestly, this is not an animated image. If you stare at just one area of the image you will see that it stops moving." data-image-id="353" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/This-Is-Not-A-GIF.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_This-Is-Not-A-GIF.jpg" data-title="This Is Not A GIF!" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/This-Is-Not-A-GIF.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="Honestly, this is not an animated image. If you stare at just one area of the image you will see that it stops moving."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="This Is Not A GIF!" height="480" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/This-Is-Not-A-GIF.jpg" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="This Is Not A GIF!" width="640" /></span></a><a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="Honestly, this is not an animated image. If you stare at just one area of the image you will see that it stops moving." data-image-id="353" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/This-Is-Not-A-GIF.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_This-Is-Not-A-GIF.jpg" data-title="This Is Not A GIF!" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/This-Is-Not-A-GIF.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="Honestly, this is not an animated image. If you stare at just one area of the image you will see that it stops moving."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Honestly, this is not an animated image. If you stare at just one area of the image you will see that it stops moving.</div> </span></div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>Coffee Beans</u></span></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="See if you can find a hidden man's face within the coffee beans. He is definitely there but you may need to have a good look. Although this isn't an optical illusion in the truest sense, apparently if you can find the face in under three seconds then it may be that "the right side of your brain may be more developed than most." (The right side of the brain is thought to be responsible for art, creativity, and imagination.) Cool!" data-image-id="356" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Coffee-Bean.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Coffee-Bean.jpg" data-title="Coffee Beans" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Coffee-Bean.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="See if you can find a hidden man's face within the coffee beans. He is definitely there but you may need to have a good look. Although this isn't an optical illusion in the truest sense, apparently if you can find the face in under three seconds then it may be that "the right side of your brain may be more developed than most." (The right side of the brain is thought to be responsible for art, creativity, and imagination.) Cool!"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Coffee Beans" height="439" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Coffee-Bean.jpg" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="Coffee Beans" width="640" /></span></a></div> </div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> </div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #5f6d80; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">See if you can find a hidden man's face within the coffee beans. He is definitely there but you may need to have a good look. Although this isn't an optical illusion in the truest sense, apparently if you can find the face in under three seconds then it may be that "the right side of your brain may be more developed than most." (The right side of the brain is thought to be responsible for art, creativity, and imagination.) Cool!</span></div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>The Spiral</u></span></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="Although this may look like a spiral, this image is actually a series of concentric circles. Run your finger along the lines and see for yourself. The complicated background pattern tricks your brain into filling in what isn't really there." data-image-id="354" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/The-Spiral.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_The-Spiral.jpg" data-title="The Spiral" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/The-Spiral.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="Although this may look like a spiral, this image is actually a series of concentric circles. Run your finger along the lines and see for yourself. The complicated background pattern tricks your brain into filling in what isn't really there."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="The Spiral" height="640" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/The-Spiral.jpg" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="The Spiral" width="636" /></span></a></div> </div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Although this may look like a spiral, this image is actually a series of concentric circles. Run your finger along the lines and see for yourself. The complicated background pattern tricks your brain into filling in what isn't really there.</span></div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <h3 style="color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>Pink Or Green Dots</u></span></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="If you stare at the black cross in the middle of the image then you will see a green dot moving around the circle. Eventually the pink dots will seem to disappear and you'll be left with only a green dot going round. However, the reality is that the green dot doesn't really exist!" data-image-id="357" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Pink or Green Dots.gif" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Pink or Green Dots.gif" data-title="Pink Or Green Dots" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Pink%20or%20Green%20Dots.gif" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="If you stare at the black cross in the middle of the image then you will see a green dot moving around the circle. Eventually the pink dots will seem to disappear and you'll be left with only a green dot going round. However, the reality is that the green dot doesn't really exist!"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Pink Or Green Dots" height="640" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Pink%20or%20Green%20Dots.gif" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="Pink Or Green Dots" width="640" /></span></a><a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="If you stare at the black cross in the middle of the image then you will see a green dot moving around the circle. Eventually the pink dots will seem to disappear and you'll be left with only a green dot going round. However, the reality is that the green dot doesn't really exist!" data-image-id="357" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Pink or Green Dots.gif" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Pink or Green Dots.gif" data-title="Pink Or Green Dots" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Pink%20or%20Green%20Dots.gif" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="If you stare at the black cross in the middle of the image then you will see a green dot moving around the circle. Eventually the pink dots will seem to disappear and you'll be left with only a green dot going round. However, the reality is that the green dot doesn't really exist!"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> f you stare at the black cross in the middle of the image then you will see a green dot moving around the circle. Eventually the pink dots will seem to disappear and you'll be left with only a green dot going round. However, the reality is that the green dot doesn't really exist!</div> </span></div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <h3 style="color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>Count The Black Dots</u></span></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="So you think you can see black dots? See if you can count them. You might struggle because the reality is, there are no black dots! There is in fact only white spots which seem to turn black from your peripheral vision." data-image-id="348" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Count-The-Black-Dots.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Count-The-Black-Dots.jpg" data-title="Count The Black Dots" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Count-The-Black-Dots.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="So you think you can see black dots? See if you can count them. You might struggle because the reality is, there are no black dots! There is in fact only white spots which seem to turn black from your peripheral vision."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Count The Black Dots" height="479" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Count-The-Black-Dots.jpg" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="Count The Black Dots" width="640" /></span></a><a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="So you think you can see black dots? See if you can count them. You might struggle because the reality is, there are no black dots! There is in fact only white spots which seem to turn black from your peripheral vision." data-image-id="348" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Count-The-Black-Dots.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Count-The-Black-Dots.jpg" data-title="Count The Black Dots" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Count-The-Black-Dots.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="So you think you can see black dots? See if you can count them. You might struggle because the reality is, there are no black dots! There is in fact only white spots which seem to turn black from your peripheral vision."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> So you think you can see black dots? See if you can count them. You might struggle because the reality is, there are no black dots! There is in fact only white spots which seem to turn black from your peripheral vision.</div> </span></div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <h3 style="color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>Parallel Lines - Yes Or No?</u></span></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="Although it might not look like it, these lines are parallel. It is due to a brain function known as irradiation, where our brains tend to "spread" dark zones into light zones." data-image-id="349" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Parallel-Lines-Yes-Or-No.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Parallel-Lines-Yes-Or-No.jpg" data-title="Parallel Lines - Yes Or No?" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Parallel-Lines-Yes-Or-No.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="Although it might not look like it, these lines are parallel. It is due to a brain function known as irradiation, where our brains tend to "spread" dark zones into light zones."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Parallel Lines - Yes Or No?" height="387" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Parallel-Lines-Yes-Or-No.jpg" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="Parallel Lines - Yes Or No?" width="640" /></span></a><a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="Although it might not look like it, these lines are parallel. It is due to a brain function known as irradiation, where our brains tend to "spread" dark zones into light zones." data-image-id="349" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Parallel-Lines-Yes-Or-No.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Parallel-Lines-Yes-Or-No.jpg" data-title="Parallel Lines - Yes Or No?" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Parallel-Lines-Yes-Or-No.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="Although it might not look like it, these lines are parallel. It is due to a brain function known as irradiation, where our brains tend to "spread" dark zones into light zones."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"><br /></span></div> <span style="color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Although it might not look like it, these lines are parallel. It is due to a brain function known as irradiation, where our brains tend to "spread" dark zones into light zones.</div> </span></span></div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>Which Is The Biggest Line?</u></span></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="The answer: They are both the same size.!" data-image-id="350" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-IS-The-Biggest-Line.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Which-IS-The-Biggest-Line.jpg" data-title="Which Is The Biggest Line?" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-IS-The-Biggest-Line.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="The answer: They are both the same size.!"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Which Is The Biggest Line?" height="500" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-IS-The-Biggest-Line.jpg" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="Which Is The Biggest Line?" width="640" /></span></a><a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="The answer: They are both the same size.!" data-image-id="350" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-IS-The-Biggest-Line.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Which-IS-The-Biggest-Line.jpg" data-title="Which Is The Biggest Line?" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-IS-The-Biggest-Line.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="The answer: They are both the same size.!"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> The answer: They are both the same size.!</div> </span></div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>Which Is The Biggest Orange Circle?</u></span></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="Again, they are both the same size. Known as the Ebbinghaus Illusion." data-image-id="351" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-Is-The-Biggest-Orange-Circle.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Which-Is-The-Biggest-Orange-Circle.jpg" data-title="Which Is The Biggest Orange Circle?" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-Is-The-Biggest-Orange-Circle.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="Again, they are both the same size. Known as the Ebbinghaus Illusion."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Which Is The Biggest Orange Circle?" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-Is-The-Biggest-Orange-Circle.jpg" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="Which Is The Biggest Orange Circle?" /></span></a><span style="color: #5f6d80; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Again, they are both the same size. Known as the Ebbinghaus Illusion.</span></span><h3 style="color: #5f6d80; text-align: center;"> <br /></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%; text-align: start;"> <h3 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><u>Colouring In</u></span></h3> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="We all love to colour in and so does our brain. When a polygon has a border made of a bright line, bordered by a darker line of a complementary color: your brain is tricked into "filling in" the shape with the brighter color." data-image-id="352" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Colouring-In.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Colouring-In.jpg" data-title="Colouring In" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Colouring-In.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="We all love to colour in and so does our brain. When a polygon has a border made of a bright line, bordered by a darker line of a complementary color: your brain is tricked into "filling in" the shape with the brighter color."><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Colouring In" height="400" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Colouring-In.jpg" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" title="Colouring In" width="398" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> We all love to colour in and so does our brain. When a polygon has a border made of a bright line, bordered by a darker line of a complementary color: your brain is tricked into "filling in" the shape with the brighter color.</div> </span></div> </div> <a class="ngg-fancybox" data-description="Again, they are both the same size. Known as the Ebbinghaus Illusion." data-image-id="351" data-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-Is-The-Biggest-Orange-Circle.jpg" data-thumbnail="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/thumbs/thumbs_Which-Is-The-Biggest-Orange-Circle.jpg" data-title="Which Is The Biggest Orange Circle?" href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/gallery/optical-illusions/Which-Is-The-Biggest-Orange-Circle.jpg" rel="17679" style="color: #0092dd; display: block !important; font-size: 0px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;" title="Again, they are both the same size. Known as the Ebbinghaus Illusion."><br /></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> </div> </div> <div class="pic" id="ngg-image-0" style="border: none; color: #5f6d80; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 100%;"> </div> </div> </div>

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