Ah! Another joyous Sunday has gone by very quickly. After that surpise sudo-quiz on Friday, I decided to explore the true physics of how Doc!'s magical product was able to produce a hologram. It was truly breath taking and jaw dropping. Using the o so useful google search, I discovered many things. However it was not until Opti-Gone DOC! appeared out of nowhere to explain to me how the object really worked. The product works by utilizing the optics of two opposing parabolic mirrors with a small circular opening at the top. The opening allows in light rays. The light rays from the object placed in the Mirage are at the focal point of the top mirror. Because it its located exactly at the focal point, all the rays emanating from the object are reflected in the mirror parallel. These reflected parallel rays from the top mirror then hit the bottom mirror and because they are all parallel, the light rays are all reflected to the focal point of the bottom mirror. This allows a virtual image to appear at the focal point, which is conveniently located where the circular opening is. WOW! How awesome is that. The physics of mirros created such a cool and neat thing. Best of all, the product was discovered when some guy was cleaning out stuff and discovered that two mirrors produced an object that wasn't there! AMAZING! Lesson of the week: Physics can make you famous and rich by accident!
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