Prepare to be freaked out, again. You’ve seen “Pretty girls turn ugly” now try the celebrity version! It won second place in the Best Illusion of the Year Contest, 2012! It’s a new scientific finding called the “Flashed Face Distortion Effect”. You can read more about it here http://bit.ly/JxnPDS and here http://bit.ly/sa8yCm Tangen, J. M., Murphy, S. C., & Thompson, M. B. (2011). Flashed face distortion effect: Grotesque faces from relative spaces. Perception, 40, 628-630 doi:10.1068/p6968

This is my favorite 4min selection of a larger work by Ralph Steiner. The original was silent, and the DVD had it set to classical music. I have swapped the audio for an electronica/industrial track by 3 Liquid Hz - Little Boy. Favorite movements: @ 1:16 - counter mechanism @ 2:55 - normal gears, but cut to engage on diagonals @ 3:37 - SQUARE GEARS! @ 3:41 - variable speed transfer @ 3:46 - rotary to linear action with a 4 tooth cog

In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into 24 different designs, all by just sliding panels and walls. He calls this the “Domestic Transformer.” Visit us at http://jellywoo.com/ for more news related to tech and just life in general. Thanks to Lifehacker, OhGizmo, and all the other sites that mentioned this! Watch this video and many more at World’s Greenest Homes on PlanetGreen.com (http://bit.ly/y3aDyL)