Feb 3 2013: What we are seeing is the augmented reality, so the deck of cards can be programmed exactly to show up whatever he wants, say, in reality if the card is a diamond ace, it might be made appearing as 10 of hearts. So all the magician had to do was to remember the sequence and tell the tale, by drawing the cards randomly. Whatever the real cards are, augmented reality shows up the cards, as programmed and in sync with the tale. One beauty is the card on which TED was written, which means, the programming was done to accept the image, which is captured at runtime. Simple logic, when he can make the cards float, characters dance, introduce himself in the cards, and show 3D effects in cards, can't he simply make it to show a different face. I appreciate his effort, but to be rated jaw-dropping is a bit hard to digest.
Jun 13 2012: At one point the saturation limit reaches which the next generation cannot tolerate.
Even now infants get lots of knowledge from parents, but not biologically.
Coming to your question, how fast humanity would be advancing if its made possible.
I think the current situation is much better, where a human brain can gather knowledge from everything in the universe which is present now or earlier.
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Even now infants get lots of knowledge from parents, but not biologically.
Coming to your question, how fast humanity would be advancing if its made possible.
I think the current situation is much better, where a human brain can gather knowledge from everything in the universe which is present now or earlier.