1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 I wonder if the illusionist, Franz Harari, uses mirrors to make things disappear. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Maybe he uses light mirrors. 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Like he'd ever tell us his secrets. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:11,000 I'm never telling them mine. 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,000 Maybe we should go to Franz's website to find out more about him. 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Oh look, he's doing a live chat. 7 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Just click here and we can talk to him. 8 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Hi Franz! 9 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,000 Oh, hey there. Who are you? 10 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:26,000 We are the Treehouse Detectives, and we wanted to know how you make things disappear. 11 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,000 Detectives? You're going to love this. 12 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,000 I'm sitting in the cockpit of NASA 747. 13 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Now check this out. This is actually the official shuttle carrier aircraft. 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:42,000 It's what NASA uses to move the space shuttle from one city to the other when it's not in space. 15 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000 I mean, right now we're parked at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. 16 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,000 And I was here because I was checking out this airplane they have. 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,000 This is the coolest jet aircraft ever. 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,000 And I'm thinking I'd like to make it disappear. 19 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,000 You can do that? 20 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Well, I'm not going to give you all my secrets. 21 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,000 But if you want, come on out and check it out for yourself. 22 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,000 Yeah, right. How are we going to get to NASA Dryden? 23 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,000 It's easier than you think. 24 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Check out your keyboard there. You see that? 25 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 There's one button you haven't used yet. 26 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,000 Right over there. 27 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 This one right here. 28 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:23,000 Wow, we really made it! 29 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,000 I can't believe he really got us to California. 30 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,000 Where's Franz? 31 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,000 Hey kids, welcome to NASA. How was your trip? 32 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000 Where is he? 33 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Look, he's up there. 34 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:40,000 Our trip was pretty wild, but I liked it. 35 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:46,000 Whoa, I really like magic stuff. 36 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 How did you get down here? 37 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,000 Well, you know, at NASA, anything's possible. 38 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 Now, how can I help you guys? 39 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:59,000 We're investigating a problem that deals with the properties of light. 40 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:04,000 I'm a big fan of yours, and I think you use light to help things disappear. 41 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Well, to be honest, in my business, light is everything. 42 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:12,000 Now, I'm not going to give you all my secrets, but come on, I'll show you something cool. 43 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Alright. 44 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000 I'm sort of all set up to do a little demonstration here. 45 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Now, here's a little model of an SR-71 Blackbird. 46 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 This is like my favorite plane. It's so cool. 47 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:30,000 This plane, the real plane, can actually go from New York to Los Angeles in like an hour. 48 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 It's amazing. 49 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Now, you see the model, but the reason that you see this model 50 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:39,000 is because light is hitting the model and then bouncing back and hitting your eyes. 51 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,000 And your eyes are telling your brain that this little airplane is actually there. 52 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 Imagine this. 53 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Imagine that we put just a reflection of my hand in there. 54 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,000 Well, we've seen that a bunch of times, but now you add another hand, 55 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:57,000 and now you go into kind of a symmetrical world, and watch this. 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Your brain almost tells you the reflection of the hand is the real hand. 57 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 See that? Pretty cool, huh? 58 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,000 That's where it gets really magical. 59 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Now, I was telling you about my little model here, the SR-71. 60 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,000 Let's see if we can't do some real magic with it. 61 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,000 I need some magic words. You got any magic words? 62 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Abracadabra. 63 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Abracadabra. That'll work perfect. 64 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Watch. 65 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 The reflection becomes reality. 66 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:31,000 And there's one for you and one for you. 67 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 Let's try this trick one more time, 68 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,000 and this time you figure out if you can see how light made it all work, all right? 69 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,000 All right. 70 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 Come with me. 71 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:44,000 I couldn't help but notice you guys both have planes, but I don't have one, but I have an idea. 72 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,000 How would you feel if I borrowed your little model for just a moment? 73 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:48,000 All right. 74 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Cool with that? 75 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000 All right, I'll tell you what. 76 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,000 You guys stand over there. 77 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Don't take your eyes off what's about to happen over here, 78 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:59,000 because that's where the real magic is about to begin, all right? 79 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:06,000 We will hold onto this shot until after that SR-71 has disappeared. 80 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,000 Gentlemen, raise the tarp. 81 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:13,000 All right, check it out. 82 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,000 Wow! 83 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 That's it! 84 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,000 How did you do that? 85 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 That was amazing. 86 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,000 How did you do it? 87 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:28,000 When I do it, it's all about light. 88 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 I need to make a phone call. 89 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,000 Oh, sure. Go for it. 90 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Hi, Dr. D. 91 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,000 Hi, guys. 92 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 What's all that? 93 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:38,000 Thought I might be able to help you with your light experiments. 94 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 Where are Jacob and Bianca? 95 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 I don't know. 96 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,000 They were supposed to meet us here. 97 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:45,000 Hello? 98 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Hi, Dr. D. 99 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,000 It's Bianca. 100 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,000 We're over at NASA Dryden. 101 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:50,000 We're running a little late. 102 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 We'll be there soon. 103 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Where are you? 104 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 I'll be right there. 105 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Well, you're definitely great at what you do, but we've got to get back home. 106 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:02,000 Oh, well, I have an idea. 107 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Go ahead and assume the position. 108 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:05,000 What? 109 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,000 Assume the position. 110 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:07,000 Oh. 111 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:08,000 Yeah, there you go. 112 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,000 Ready? 113 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,000 And when I say go, blink. 114 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:12,000 You ready? 115 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Go.