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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…)
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.
