Levitating Waters

Ken Rosenthal, founder and owner of ModernHome1, is the inventor behind Levitating Waters, a creation showcased in films, luxury hotels and spas, museums, high-tech homes, and yachts.

Levitating Waters is a kinetic water illusion that creates the appearance of water droplets floating, rising, or freezing in midair. Using synchronized strobe lighting and precise fluid dynamics, it manipulates human perception, producing a mesmerizing visual effect.

Experience its magic here on Earth—no need for a trip on Elon Musk’s or Jeff Bezos’s spacecraft.

Cinema

Levitating Waters inspired the water illusion in the 2016 blockbuster Now You See Me 2. In this NBC Today Show interview, David Copperfield—a co-producer and consultant on the film⁠—revealed the secret behind this technology.

At 2:25, Copperfield credits Ken and the wagon-wheel effect that drives the illusion.

Tokyo Disneyland

Levitating Waters captivated Tokyo Disneyland visitors for a decade, performing five times daily for thousands. The installation’s three 18-inch magical streams even outshined the park’s Michael Jackson 3D film in popularity!

Naples

A 20-foot long, 3-foot tall Levitating Waters with its levitating and rising magical droplets at the entrance to a five-star spa at a well-known luxury hotel in Naples, Italy.
Las Vegas

Levitating Waters was featured at the Quarks Bar at the Las Vegas Hilton for five years. Two UL NSF-approved units at end of Star Trek Exhibit with custom non-carbonated beverage (Captain Kirk ice tea was $25!), and according to the head of Food and Beverage at LV Hilton: “The most profitable and fun restaurant appliance I have seen.”
Budapest

A licensed Levitating Water located at the front of the House of Houdini Budapest. Harry Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungary. The House of Houdini is both a museum and performance venue at this exotic location, and contains the only collection of original Houdini Artifacts in Europe.

Hong Kong

A 48 computer-controlled 8-foot-high Levitating Waters display has been featured at the Hong Kong Museum of Science for over fifteen years on its main level. The droplets can be programmed to appear in different colors, and as though moving in different directions. Imagine blue droplets rising while red or green droplets levitate and crystal clear 10 carat GIA diamond like D color droplets dance or bounce—all at the same time. Droplets can also change shape to many unique water forms, even undulating solid streams which appear to rise but without internal tubes.

New Uses for Levitating Waters

Under development
Levitating Waters high-end home showering systems and AI-controlled vending machines and beverage systems.

A Jack of All Trades

Magician
Ken worked his way through MIT as a close-up magician. In adulthood, Ken became a magician for The Magic Castle, the world-famous LA nightclub for magicians and magic enthusiasts.

Contractor
Ken has been a licensed California contractor for over 20 years (B-691797).

Business Executive
Ken is the President of Nimni Cream Skin Sciences, a hi-tech dermatology company that licensed the IP of Nimni Cream—a novel anti-aging cream marketed exclusively to dermatologists and 5-star spas worldwide. Nimni Cream is currently available in over 25 countries (see www.hydropeptide.com).

IP Executive and Patent Agent
Ken served as the first full-time head of the University of Southern California (USC) Patent and Licensing Office. Ken led the team that marketed and licensed technologies from 8,000 professors and 30,000 students resulting from over $150 million in R&D annual funding for seven years.

IP Expert
Various IP expert witness and investigation assignments (see www.diamondipi.com).

Physicist and Engineer
Ken held roles at the Rockwell International Space Division, Ametron, Information International, and Astralvision. At Information International, Triple I, Ken also worked with the Movie Group, which pioneered novel aspects of 3D computer graphics and was the ‘computer-animated Juggler’ in the 1981 SIGGRAPH international trade show presentation, which led to some of the special effects creations of the Disney movie TRON. Ken and his ‘motion points’ do a BACKFLIP at the end of this 2-minute video! Ken and his motion points are precisely what the Elon Musk-Tesla Optimus Robots did recently at a large Tesla party event!