Real or Not?? Can anyone explain?

[projektr]

I was handed these links by a friend of mind to look at. The first one is quite impressive to me. Second one is this magician who has been posted around here, but this trick seems to be very real.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/mindprobe.html

http://youtube.com/watch.php?v=PCUk4IsulWM&search=magic

Can anyone confirm whether these are real, or just a clever trick. And if so, how can it be done?

projektr

[cainam_nazier]

The first one is just a clever trick.  It always picks the hand...or at least it did for me.  Ever answer that is possible from doing it equates to the hand symbol.

The second one is most likely a clever trick also.  But how he does it I don't know.

[projektr]

For me, it picked quite a number of symbols. i even calculated it before, then after 10 minutes went on the site, and got the right symbol that corresponded with the resulting calculated number.

[projektr]

I've figured the first one out

Later tonight when i did it again. I realised that the symbols change their position after every go you have at it. Earlier, i noticed that there were multiple duplicates of the symbols as well. Then it struck me. It was mathematically designed to produce a certain symbol in relation to "that" specific number when its units are subtracted. Therefore a straight series of numbers when calculated would have the same result. For example, 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69, when both units subtracted equal 54. And then the 70 series would give you 63. And so on... Turns out to be quite simple doesn't it?

[Arie]

The second one was really interesting.  His really good.  Honestly... I think his palming the hamburger.... do you notice that you don't see any meat... it looks like all this is in it is lettuce.  I think he also has some really bouncy, flexible bread that can compress to a small amount.  I also think the camera guy is in on the trick and goes away from hand/hands at certain key points. The dominant hand that he uses to 'get' the hamburger from the poster is the 'flagger' he uses to distract attention from the other hand before he does it.  Then right before he goes to 'get' the hamburger... he puts it into the dominant one.  It's all reverse psychology.  Notice how he casually wipes his hands together at certain times?  He should work more on the whipping out sunglasses trick at the end. lol  

He has definitely put in alot of work on that stunt though.  Bravo.

[Krashlanmar]

The first one didn't work for me for about 20 times XD

I still didn't get it to work. Mayhap I'm doing it incorrectly?


Freaky... RIGHT after I wrote this post it worked Oo;

EDIT#@:: ^_^ I -was- doing it wrong and I figured out the trick... Suffice to say that the only number that you can get with this is one that corresponds with a particular symbol: the symbol they conveniently place in the box every time.