- Again Doctor!
I can feel it. This is the one!
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It's working! This is it!
Yes! Yes!
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This video has been sponsored by Pronamel.
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Here at Kingwell University's Department of Illusions,
we've been studying the physical properties
of the dihydrogen monoxide compound.
Don't let that scare you, dihydrogen monoxide is H2O.
Colloquially known as...
water, and we've been studying it's illusory potentialities.
In this video we aim to document
our more successful research.
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Now, Dr. Irving is in charge of our hydrophobic solutions.
Hello, Dr. Irving.
- Hello Dr. Kingwell
- Now what exactly is a hydrophobic image?
- Well, I have these two boards here to demonstrate.
Now, this one is the regular one.
Look how it darkens when wet.
However, this one over here is entirely different.
See how the water stays together.
That is because the hydrophobic solution
has been applied to the outside,
and so the water simply glides across the surface.
- It's a curious behavior, indeed.
- I have something I think you'll like very much.
Dr. Kingwell, please.
Take that hose and spray it on the ground right here.
- [Dr. Kingwell] Well, I'll be.
It's the school logo but on a gigantic scale.
How truly magical, Dr. Irving. Thank you.
- Thank you, Dr. Kingwell.
- Now, here are a few illusions you could try at home.
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If one decides to peer through a glass of water,
they'll find their world very distorted.
And this is due to an effect called refraction,
which is where light rays hit the glass of water, bend,
and travel through,
changing our original perception of that object.
Now, to demonstrate I have a pencil and a glass of water,
and you'll notice how through the water,
The pencil looks bent.
This is due to the bending of light.
However, if I pull the pencil out, it's--
Charlie, have you been changing our lab equipment out?
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From the side view here, the spoon appears
to be split in half, but obviously that's not the case.
When I pull it out of the w--
What in Sam Hills is going on here?
Dr. Irving--
Refraction is now making this candy look bigger.
However, w--
It is--
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Folks, one moment. We have a few things to iron out.
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Sorry about that folks,
never a dull moment in the R&D department.
I'm here with Dr. Bon who has come up with a new effect
using refractions.
- Right you are, Dr. Kingwell.
So, here we have a container
that looks by all accounts ordinary.
However, all this time we've been hiding a whole person.
- [Dr. Kingwell] Dr. Irving, hello.
- Hello there!
- That's remarkable, Dr. Bon. Now how is this achieved?
- So, if we take a look at this back container here,
you see that there is an empty part of the wall
that you can see
and this front container takes that part and isolates it,
effectively rendering Dr. Irving invisible.
But clearly he is right over there.
- Dr. Irving--
Jiminy Cricket! Lets cut.
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In front of me are three glasses of water,
but one is not like the other.
Can you guess which one?
It's not that one.
It's not that one either.
Ah! Did you guess it right?
Submit your results in the video commentary below.
Now, the reason this object appears to be floating in water
is because of these cubes.
But in fact, when you drop them in water,
effectively become invisible.
Now this container is filled with polymer spheres
and without water you cannot see what's inside.
But, once you pour a glass of water...
And what's inside is our reminder to please push
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Now, next I believe
we have a more colorful illusion in store.
This is Dr. Rivers
and she's discovered something fascinating happens
when you add color and water.
- Yes, Dr. Kingwell.
We'll be using these water filled containers to demonstrate.
Would you be so kind as to switch to the first picture?
- Certainly.
- [Dr. Rivers] Observe what happens when I put this red dye
into the water.
- [Dr. Kingwell] The sun completely vanishes.
- Yes Dr. Kingwell, coloured water is magical.
Of course, the sun is still there.
Could you switch to the next image, please?
- Certainly.
- Now the red water has the opposite effect,
making something more apparent.
- Et Illusio Magica, the school motto. That's fascinating.
- I wonder though, do you see the secret word?
- I can't say I do.
- Could you please?
Dr. Kingwell, this is a word you'll want to remember.
Rain
- [Dr. Kingwell] Ah! Thank you. Dr. Rivers.
Sounds like where we're going we may need an umbrella.
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Ah, it appears we need a passcode to get in.
Rain.
R, seven,
two, A,
I is 4 four, and six.
Ha! Now we can enter the secret lab.
This is a peculiar machine.
One that uses strobe lights and timed mechanisms to make it
appear that the drops of water are traveling upwards.
When in reality, they're still falling.
And that made us wonder what if we could defy the laws of
gravity and make rain go not down, but up instead.
What would that look like?
First I must change my attire to show you.
Isn't that just fascinating?
Although the umbrella isn't doing much good.
While anti-gravity rain is impossible now,
isn't the visualization of it just amazing?
That concludes today's program.
Thanks to Pronamel again for sponsoring this video,
and tune in next time to see more illusion research
from the Kingwell University.
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