Stephen, It's simple. Just click on the link to translate from Japanese to English: "What is this incomprehensible! Water flows really illusionism of Escher "Waterfall" of live-action work (with video)<http://www.gizmodo.jp/2011/02/post_8534.html> " Just kidding. The translation may be as incomprehensible as the demonstration. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire
On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:04 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Catherine Wehlburg posted a link to a demonstration (if that's the > word) of Escher's impossible water wheel drawing at > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v2xnl6LwJE > > (actually, the video plays better at gizmodo, here: > http://www.gizmodo.jp/2011/02/post_8534.html ) > > It's really quite stunning. In the only TIPS reply I've seen to this > fascinating video, Barbara Brown pointed us to a drawing which > may provide a basis for understanding how it was done ( at > http://imgur.com/EMUJL ). > > OK, I get a faint glimmer of what might be involved from Barbara's > link, but no more than that. How the (supply your own expletive) does > he get the water to appear to run uphill????? And it's a perpetual > motion machine to boot! > > The commenters at YouTube are also clueless. Two suggest that a > "ferroliquid" and magnetism are involved, which sounds dodgy to me. > Only one gives a lengthy explanation which could possibly be true, > except that I can't understand it. > > Is there no one on TIPS who knows what's going on? Please? Or do I > have to start believing in a new inexhaustible form of energy? > > Stephen > > > -------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada > e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca > --------------------------------------------- > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=8848 > or send a blank email to > leave-8848-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8850 or send a blank email to leave-8850-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
