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Shaochen Chen to talk about torn and restored. In magic, sawing something in half and putting something together “torn and restored.” And in science fiction, we’ve seen people who can heal themselves, printing new body parts, or genetically altered so they can regrow their limbs. What magic tricks would you like to see turned into reality in this lifetime? Were the scientists you interviewed for Impossible Science inspired by magic and science fiction, as well? It’s far more entertaining to realize that what you’re seeing is real. The idea is that what was originally a magic trick - that looks like something turned invisible - is now something’s turning invisible, and it’s not a trick.

He was fascinated by science fiction, and he brought it to life.Īnd when you hear this term, invisible, you think “magic trick.” But then we went to the University of Rochester to meet Professor John Howell, who’s created the first omnidirectional cloaking device.Įxactly. We saw them under a microscope, swimming. They’re swimming fish that are smaller than the width of a human hair. He’s the first scientist to create fully functioning nano-robots, and he printed them right in front of us. Shaochen Chen, was fascinated by Fantastic Voyage in the 1960s, which shrunk scientists down and put them in a vehicle in the bloodstream. Well, this one doctor at UC San Diego, Dr. What magic tricks have scientists turned into realities? "The future of magic and the future of science fiction relies on people's imaginations to challenge what we know as of now," Jason Latimer told *Inverse*. Why couldn’t we do it? What’s stopping us from doing it? That’s where we need a higher level of education, where some of these individuals from Impossible Science are asking questions that no one’s ever asked before, and they’ve challenged the impossible, and they won. But where it’s really relevant is this promotion of wonder. So you don’t think science, which explains away the magic of illusions, will destroy magic?įor entertainment, magic is great. That’s pretty much how I went into designing illusions. My whole philosophy is about, if you could find the right question, the right question changes everything. Everyone said it wasn’t possible - and that’s the trick I ended up developing for the World Championships, and I won. I started developing effects like bending light and shaping water, and then I did one called “follow the ball,” in a clear glass cup. How did you apply your scientific knowledge to designing magic tricks? Not because I’m interested in card tricks or sawing a woman in half, but because I’m interested in what is possible. I needed to know more about what is possible, so I went into applied science to try to understand that better and to build a new generation of magic. That’s really how,, magic and science came together: I saw somebody fly when I was a kid, and it really bothered me. I went into science because I was fascinated by what I didn’t know. My background in magic started many many years ago, when I was nine years old, at a magic show. What came first for you, science or magic? Latimer talked to Inverse about real-life invisibility cloaks, the impact of Fantastic Voyage on science, and why we’ll probably see Iron Man become a reality in this lifetime.

#Scientific magic trick series

In fact, Jason Latimer, a world champion magician, scientist, and host of the new Thursday-night Comic-Con HQ series Impossible Science, which showcases scientists turning the fantastic into reality, argues that magic and science go hand in hand: Behind the smoke and mirrors, illusions are driven by mechanisms created by science but more importantly, he says, the pursuit of scientific discovery is driven by the seemingly unfeasible scenarios posited by magicians.

That magicians would feel threatened by the revealing repercussions of the information age is understandable - but not inevitable. Whether we’re watching David Blaine withstand a million-volt jolt of electricity or Darren Criss rip bodies apart, we’re entertained because we simply do not understand.īut what happens to magic when science reveals the truth behind the illusions? Magicians have one job: To exploit what we don’t know.