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Three Rows Card Trick
ONLINE CARD TRICKS have been around for many, many years.
You can tell this because there’s a site called eCardTricks — seriously, who’s started a site with an “e-” name since 2001? Nobody! It must be an old site.
But it’s a good one, with a selection of eight or nine prediction effects that work through your web browser.
Head over there and try out their “Three Rows” card trick. I’ll give you five seconds to figure out how it’s done.
New iPhone Trick From Richard Wiseman
RICHARD WISEMAN, the noted psychologist and magician, has released a new app for the iPhone called Telepath.
It’s been getting good reviews, including this one from none other than Derren Brown, who said it “genuinely triggers that ‘wow – how did you do that?’ response” which has to be a good recommendation.
It looks like the app was designed and/or programmed mainly by Sarah Angliss.
She says: “Telepath can also be used to predict numbers, cute animals, cards and dates — so can even improve your love life.”
Here’s a video of Richard and his friend demonstrating it. (more…)
Marco Tempest’s Mindcam
IN MY LAST POST, I mentioned techno-magician Marco Tempest, so I thought I’d link to what, in my opinion, is his greatest effect, Mindcam.
In this effect, Marco seemingly psychically projects the image of a card onto a digital photo we saw him take moments earlier. It’s a really stunning trick.
Marco’s web site has videos of a few more performances. In each one, the chosen card is different. I’d love to know how he does this.
Channel 4’s 3D Magic Hour
I CAUGHT CHANNEL 4’s 3D magic special last night. Lots of fun.
Derren Brown was as hilariously pithy as usual, although his role was mainly restricted to providing the links between other magicians’ effects.
As for the rest of it… there were a few too many big, showy tricks for my liking – I usually prefer the close-up stuff – but that’s to be expected with a program designed primarily to show off 3D technology.
It was especially nice to see Marco Tempest, “the virtual magician” and Rubik’s Cube genius, get some richly deserved screen time. He’s one of those technology-focussed magicians who inspired me to create WasThisYourCard.com.
Tempest performed his “Interactive Cards” illusion. It’s a nice card trick in that you can play along with at home, and it has a 100% success rate. It’s a shame it’s been done a bazillion times on the internet already (including this clever YouTube version).
You can watch the full hour of the Channel 4 show, if you live in the UK, here.
Six Card Forces in Four Minutes
YOUTUBE USER MISMAG822 is a seemingly endless source of quick and easy card tricks, and some trickier ones.
In this video, he gives you six different ways to force a card in a little over four minutes.
Most of them involve some simple sleight of hand. But it’s so simple, you could master it in half an hour.
