A cyber-magic card trick like no other | Marco Tempest

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Translator: Thu-Huong Ha Reviewer: Morton Bast
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Good morning. So magic is an excellent way
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for staying ahead of the reality curve,
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to make possible today
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what science will make a reality tomorrow.
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As a cyber-magician, I combine elements of illusion
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and science to give us a feel of how future technologies
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might be experienced.
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You've probably all heard of Google's Project Glass.
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It's new technology. You look through them
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and the world you see is augmented with data:
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names of places, monuments, buildings,
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maybe one day even the names of the strangers that pass you on the street.
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So these are my illusion glasses.
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They're a little bigger. They're a prototype.
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And when you look through them, you get a glimpse
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into the mind of the cyber-illusionist.
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Let me show you what I mean.
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All we need is a playing card. Any card will do.
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Like this. And let me mark it so we can recognize it
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when we see it again.
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All right. Very significant mark.
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And let's put it back into the deck,
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somewhere in the middle, and let's get started.
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(Music)
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Voice: System ready. Acquiring image.
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Marco Tempest: For those of you who don't play cards,
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a deck of cards is made up of four different suits:
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hearts, clubs,
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diamonds and spades.
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The cards are amongst the oldest of symbols,
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and have been interpreted in many different ways.
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Now, some say that the four suits
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represent the four seasons.
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There's spring, summer,
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autumn and —
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Voice: My favorite season is winter.MT: Well yeah, mine too.
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Winter is like magic. It's a time of change,
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when warmth turns to cold, water turns to snow,
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and then it all disappears.
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There are 13 cards in each suit. (Music)
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Voice: Each card represents a phase of the 13 lunar cycles.
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MT: So over here is low tide,
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and over here is high tide,
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and in the middle is the moon.
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Voice: The moon is one of the most potent symbols of magic.
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MT: There are two colors in a deck of cards.
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There is the color red
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and the color black,
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representing the constant change
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from day to night.
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Voice: Marco, I did not know you could do that. (Laughter)
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MT: And is it a coincidence that there are 52 cards
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in a deck of cards, just as there are 52 weeks in a year?
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(Music)
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Voice: If you total all the spots on a deck of cards,
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the result is 365.
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MT: Oh, 365, the number of days in a year,
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the number of days between
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each birthday.
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Make a wish. (Blowing noise)
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Voice: Don't tell, or it won't come true.
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MT: Well, as a matter of fact, it was on my sixth birthday
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that I received my first deck of cards,
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and ever since that day, I have traveled around the world
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performing magic for boys and girls,
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men and women, husbands and wives,
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even kings and queens. (Applause)
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Voice: And who are these?MT: Ah, mischief-makers. Watch.
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Wake up.
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Joker: Whoa.MT: Are you ready for your party piece?
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Joker: Ready!MT: Let me see what you've got.
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Joker: Presenting my pogo stick.MT: Ah. Watch out.
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Joker: Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh! (Music)
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MT: But today, I am performing for a different kind of audience.
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I'm performing for you.
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Voice: Signed card detected.MT: Well, sometimes people ask me
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how do you become a magician? Is it a 9-to-5 job?
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Of course not! You've got to practice 24/7.
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I don't literally mean 24 hours, seven days a week.
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24/7 is a little bit of an exaggeration,
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but it does take practice. Now, some people will say,
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well, magic, that must be the work of some evil
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supernatural force. (Laughter) (Applause)
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(Music)
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Whoa.
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Well, to this, I just say, no no.
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Actually, in German, it's nein nein. (Laughter)
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Magic isn't that intense. I have to warn you, though,
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if you ever play with someone who deals cards like this,
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don't play for money.
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(Music)
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Voice: Why not? That's a very good hand.
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The odds of getting it are 4,165 to one.
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MT: Yeah, but I guess my hand is better. We beat the odds.
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Voice: I think you got your birthday wish.MT: And that actually leaves me with the last,
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and most important card of all:
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the one with this very significant mark on it.
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And unlike anything else we've just seen,
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virtual or not.Voice: Signed card detected.
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Digital MT: This is without a question the real thing.
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MT: Bye bye. (Music)
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Thank you. (Applause)
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(Applause)
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Thank you very much. (Applause)
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