Almost two hundred years before the GIF file format came along, a Belgian physicist by the name of Joseph Plateu invented what he called the Phenakistoscope. It’s considered to be the first true form ...

Vine videos are a relatively new phenomenon but the idea of making short moving pictures dates back as far as the early 19th century. In 1829, a Belgian physicist invented the phenakistoscope, or ...

Looking for a clever way to build a Phenakistoscope? Maybe you’re more familiar with its other names; Fantoscope, Phantasmascope, or perhaps its close cousin the Zoetrope? If you’re still scratching ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates Joseph Plateau's 218th birthday, but who was he and why is he famous? Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian scientist known for inventing the phénakistoscope.

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau is known for his discovery of Phenakistoscope. It was a device that gave birth to the cinema with moving images. Google remembered Joseph Antoine with a doodle ...

Phenakistoscope disc, Fores (publisher), Moving Panorama, England, 1833. Richard Balzer’s love affair began about 40 years ago, when he saw his first magic lantern — an early image projector invented ...

If you like movies, you will appreciate Monday’s Google Doodle celebrating the 218th birthday of Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau. Doesn’t sound familiar? Well, Plateau was a Belgian physicist who ...

Here, two large circles are rotated at different speeds in front of a lantern which projects an image onto a distant wall or screen. One circle is made of wood, and holds four glass lenses, evenly ...

The first Irish Animation Awards will take place tomorrow night in Dingle, Co Kerry, with nominees from familiar production companies such as Brown Bag Films, Kite Entertainment, Geronimo Productions, ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...