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June 25, 2012 11:35 pm GMT
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Magician Pairs Tech and Illusion to Tell Story of Famous Inventor [VIDEO]
Marco Tempest, whose "iPod Magician" video went viral a year ago, is back with another tech-infused illusion.
Tempest (see video above) tells the life story of Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla by using old fashioned pop-up book techniques and digital projection.
"We wanted the piece to be about Tesla, which is why there is zero magic in the piece," he says in a separate video. "There is not a single moment where something appears or disappears or animates -- it's magical."
Tempest previously presented the illusion in a TED Talk in March.
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