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The Stairs at MC Escher's House

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2013-07-13 11:39 in General Discussion
This would be perpetual motion... (balls rolling downstairs forever) if it worked. Nice effect.

http://www.bitoffun.com/video_vault/escherian-stairwell.htm

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2013-07-11 20:44
    That's ... I'm ... what the ... ???

    -Phil
  • dgatelydgately Posts: 1,630
    edited 2013-07-11 20:51
    All quite easily explained... You see the er, ah, oh never mind. What Phil said!

    dgately
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2013-07-11 20:53
    I'm sooooo confused! Very well done!
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-07-11 23:22
    Seems we have arrived at the next generation of 'stair master' devices for burning unwanted fat.
  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2013-07-12 00:47
    http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/escherian.asp
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2013-07-12 05:38
    The Kickstarter video in Franklins link is great! What a fun idea...
  • ctwardellctwardell Posts: 1,716
    edited 2013-07-12 05:50
    My credit card balance works something like that...

    C.W.
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2013-07-12 06:59
    Much of the video can be explained if they used identical twins. Or it could all be video editing.
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2013-07-12 10:30
    very clever but one thing doesn't quite fit and could spoil the ilusion, if you look at the "bottom stairwell" the wall is lit quite brightly by the flourescent light on the ceiling the "upper stairwell" is darker suggesting that the flourescent fitting is not at the same level.
  • Heater.Heater. Posts: 21,230
    edited 2013-07-12 10:37
    Clever? Seems to me like an April fools choke that has been stretched way to far.
  • Dave HeinDave Hein Posts: 6,347
    edited 2013-07-12 11:33
    I noticed the lighting thing also. It also seems like the flange at the bottom of the handrail looks a bit different in some scenes, but I may be imagining it. I noticed that when the young lady comes back down the stairs she acts as if she sees the gentleman again, but they never actually show him at that point. I've spent waaay to much time looking at this video. I've even tried comparing spots on the concrete floor, wrinkles in clothing and the positions of stray hairs on people's head. All I can say is that they did a great job creating this video.
  • CuriousOneCuriousOne Posts: 931
    edited 2013-07-12 13:44
    It always amased me.

    Say people watch the Avatar movie and they surely know that this is CG and non-existing things. Why same can't be said about stairs video? :)
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2013-07-12 15:37
    The real question is, can someone make a robot that can navigate those particular stairs?

    What would an Escherian robot look like? :)
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,451
    edited 2013-07-13 11:39
    [QUOTE=erco;1194979What would an Escherian robot look like? :)[/QUOTE]

    ................................. Cthulhu?
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