Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Optical illusion using angular momentum


         The goal of the project was to research and create a project that would spin on its axis and put something on it that would create an optical illusion.  We created a yo-yo.  We felt that a yo-yo was the best project to do because it would create a very good optical illusion when using it.  We glued two circles onto a dowel.  We then tied string to the dowel and glued the optical illusion onto both sides of the yo-yo.

        A way that we would develop it farther is by cutting down the weight of the circles on the yo-yo.  If we made them lighter they would be able to spin faster and longer.  We would also need to find some stronger string.  If we had stronger string it would be easier to pull it up and let it down.
       We were able to accomplish our goals.  We got the optical illusion to create colors which we wanted.  The yo-yo alson spins and works very well.  With a few minor changes i believe that this project would be amazing.