Mitchell McKenna - tagged with illusion http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Marco Tempest: The magic of truth and lies (and iPods) http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9959/marco-tempest-the-magic-of-truth-and-lies-and-ipods

http://www.ted.com Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate.

]]> Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:26:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9959/marco-tempest-the-magic-of-truth-and-lies-and-ipods/marco-tempest-the-magic-of-truth-and-lies-and-ipods Lennart Green: Close-up Card Magic http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4996/lennart-green-close-up-card-magic

Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, "Pick a card, any card." But what he does with those cards is pure magic -- flabbergasting, lightning-fast, how-does-he-do-it? magic.

]]> Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:58:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4996/lennart-green-close-up-card-magic/lennart-green-close-up-card-magic The Crevasse - Making of 3D Street Art http://mitchmckenna.com/post/2285/the-crevasse-making-of-3d-street-art http://www.metanamorph.com In Dun Laoghaire the "Festival of World Culture" took place from 21. to 24. of August 2008. Edgar Müller has followed the invitation and continued his series of large-sized 3D Street Art there. For this year's Festival of World Cultures renowned German street painting artist Edgar Müller transformed a huge slice of the East Pier into a dramatic ice… ]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 02:01:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/2285/the-crevasse-making-of-3d-street-art/the-crevasse-making-of-3d-street-art Dreamoc 3D display system. http://mitchmckenna.com/post/433/dreamoc-3d-display-system Dreamoc is a new and unique 3D display system from RealFiction, designed especially for high profile brands in a competitive retail environment. One of the new features in this display is its ability to mix free-floating animation and video images with physical objects. Imagine placing a real mobile phone inside the Dreamoc chamber, and then having virtual elements mixing with… ]]> Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:34:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/433/dreamoc-3d-display-system/dreamoc-3d-display-system