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Using a strobe light, Nate True was able to make a fountain that appears to slow time or even reverse it. Watch this video to see a demonstration.

Nate explains The Time Fountain here:

• cre.ations.net – Creation: The Time Fountain

It always seems like these sorts of things start with two guys just talking together about cool things:

“It all started when my friend Jesse told me that if you get a strobe light fast enough, you can make it look like dripping water is going in slow motion or even backwards. This phenomenon happens because strobe lights can ‘capture’ an instant in time and allow your eyes to see it as lasting longer than an instant.”

Nate has built a few of these Time Fountains and is selling them on Ebay:

• eBay: Time Fountain by Nate True (cre.ations.net) (item 320015869886 end time Aug-16-06 23:03:00 PDT)

Via: Rocketboom – August 9, 2006