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George Tait

Published on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 in , , ,



This video clip shows George Tait performing the Knight's Tour, with a mind-reading twist. He starts by having Patrick Miller, the chess expert in the clip, think of a number from 1 to 64. George then proceeds to perform the Knight's Tour, finishing on the thought-of square!

This= clip is actually just one segment of episode 1 of Mind Tapped, his half-hour special series. You can see episodes 2 and 3 on George Tait's media page.

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Tim's Memorization Course

Published on Thursday, January 18, 2007 in , ,



“Tim”, also known as “Jediairmech” is not just demonstrating a memory feat, but teaching a memorization course. In these videos, you'll learn how to remember numbers using the Peg System. In the Mental Gym's Memory Basics section, you can learn more about the Peg System, as well as other memory techniques.

From the response to the first videos, it looks as though he is planning to make more Memorization Course videos, so I'll keep this playlist updated the new lessons are posted.

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“iiSwanSongii”

Published on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 in , ,



“iiSwanSongii” has memorized the McDonald's Menu Song that was released in 1989, and recites it with her baby. Hmmm...you don't suppose Richard Troop is the father, do you?

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Dan Dzoan

Published on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in , , ,



World records don't always stand for a long time. Dan Dzoan, on January 13, 2007, beat Ryan Patricio's record for one-handed Rubik's Cube solving by more than 2 seconds!

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Scott Flansburg

Published on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in



Back when infomercials were in their infancy, there was an infomercial "series" called Amazing Discoveries, hosted by Mike Levey, also known as "The Sweater Man". The series featured a wide variety of products, including such Grey Matters Videos favorites such as Harry Lorayne and Arthur Benjamin.

The footage above is the first 10 minutes of the Amazing Discoveries ad that featured Scott Flansburg's mental math course.

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UCMAS

Published on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in , ,



UCMAS stands for Universal Concept of Mental Artithmetic System, and is a name for both the system itself and the Malaysian company which promotes the system. This CBS report demonstrates the amazing results that have been acheived with this system!

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Mike Byster

Published on Friday, January 12, 2007 in , , , ,



As I mentioned over on Grey Matters early last month, 20/20 did a story on Mike Byster. This 20/20 segment has now been posted over on YouTube. This segment features several lightning calculation and memory feats.

Some more amazing math and memory feats can also be seen in the MikesMath Web Trailer.

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Extraordinary People: The Boy with the Incredible Brain

Published on Thursday, January 11, 2007 in , , , , ,



I've written about Daniel Tammet before, but the clips included were only excerpts from the documentary, Extraordinary People: The Boy with the Incredible Brain. Finally, thanks to Google Video, I am able to bring you the documentary in full!

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