Name: 【TED】Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card trick like no other (A cyber-magic card trick like no other | Marco Tempest)
Uploaded: 2014-06-28T07:41:08.000Z
Duration: 6 min 36 s
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Good morning. So magic is an excellent way

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what science will make a reality tomorrow.

As a cyber-magician, I combine elements of illusion

and science to give us a feel of how future technologies

You've probably all heard of Google's Project Glass.

It's new technology. You look through them

and the world you see is augmented with data:

maybe one day even the names of the strangers that pass you on the street.

They're a little bigger. They're a prototype.

And when you look through them, you get a glimpse

All we need is a playing card. Any card will do.

Like this. And let me mark it so we can recognize it

somewhere in the middle, and let's get started.

Marco Tempest: For those of you who don't play cards,

a deck of cards is made up of four different suits:

The cards are amongst the oldest of symbols,

and have been interpreted in many different ways.

Voice: My favorite season is winter.MT: Well yeah, mine too.

Winter is like magic. It's a time of change,

when warmth turns to cold, water turns to snow,

Voice: Each card represents a phase of the 13 lunar cycles.

Voice: The moon is one of the most potent symbols of magic.

MT: There are two colors in a deck of cards.

Voice: Marco, I did not know you could do that. (Laughter)

MT: And is it a coincidence that there are 52 cards

in a deck of cards, just as there are 52 weeks in a year?

Voice: If you total all the spots on a deck of cards,

MT: Oh, 365, the number of days in a year,

Voice: Don't tell, or it won't come true.

MT: Well, as a matter of fact, it was on my sixth birthday

and ever since that day, I have traveled around the world

Voice: And who are these?MT: Ah, mischief-makers. Watch.

Joker: Whoa.MT: Are you ready for your party piece?

Joker: Ready!MT: Let me see what you've got.

Joker: Presenting my pogo stick.MT: Ah. Watch out.

MT: But today, I am performing for a different kind of audience.

Voice: Signed card detected.MT: Well, sometimes people ask me

how do you become a magician? Is it a 9-to-5 job?

Of course not! You've got to practice 24/7.

I don't literally mean 24 hours, seven days a week.

but it does take practice. Now, some people will say,

well, magic, that must be the work of some evil

supernatural force. (Laughter) (Applause)

Actually, in German, it's nein nein. (Laughter)

Magic isn't that intense. I have to warn you, though,

if you ever play with someone who deals cards like this,

MT: Yeah, but I guess my hand is better. We beat the odds.

Voice: I think you got your birthday wish.MT: And that actually leaves me with the last,

the one with this very significant mark on it.

And unlike anything else we've just seen,

virtual or not.Voice: Signed card detected.

Digital MT: This is without a question the real thing.

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【TED】Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card trick like no other (A cyber-magic card trick like no other | Marco Tempest)

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