What you see isn’t always what you get!
  Since ancient times, humans have known that immediate perception is not a reading of physical reality. Vision is the most creative act that a human being is capable of. Seeing is depicting the world on the living canvas of our mind. As we depict well only what we really know, our mind is both the canvas and the artist. In this creative process, the eyes represent nothing other than a medium with which our mind interprets and reconstructs our near environment. Some illusions teach us to doubt and to question the many appearances of the reality - they are a kind of school of life!

We provide the media, publishers and syndication agencies with engaging puzzle content integrating science & visual perception for recreational, educational or communication purpose.

"How to focus attention? Encourage creative exploration?" Multicultural interactive puzzle activities & workshops for museums and institutions.

Purchase online geometric and mechanical puzzles, books that enhance creativity and puzzle solving skills, math and optical illusion cards or Archimedes' Lab journal. All proceeds from our shop help fund our website.

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You know a person by his friends... So, we are pleased to introduce to you some of our Friends and folks we think more people should know about! You too can be our friend by contributing to our online community. We are always looking for volunteers to help enhance our webpages.

Our high-content site is divided into 4 major categories: Puzzles & Tests, Illusions & Paradoxes, Mind & Brain, Oddities & Curiosities. Feel free to visit the site map to view site offerings on one page. We have opted for a low-tech site, using standard tables and some javascript to keep our site accessible to all.