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Magic Wand
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There's really no magic at work in the Magic Wand. A lens in a projector produces a real image in space. Waving the wand provides a surface on which the image can reflect, so that light can penetrate the eye. Persistence of vision--the eye's capacity to retain an image for a short period of time--lets visitors see the individual reflections from the stick as one whole picture. There are also other images in space found by waving the wand closer to or farther away from the projector, but only one image is actually in focus.
   
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105"w x 32"h x 35"d
3.8 amps @ 120 volts
150lbs

 
 
       
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