A swarm of mini drones makes ... magic! | Marco Tempest

Leading a swarm of small, buzzing flying machines, techno-magician Marco Tempest orchestrates a "cyber illusion" that will have you asking yourself: Was that science or magic?

[PK.]

Everybody gangsta till the white light turns red

[RobVanDan]

isn’t this the plot of spider-man: far from home?

[FimFamBot]

This is like the scene from Big Hero 6 when Hiro was introducing the nanobots

[djdarbary]

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".

Arthur C. Clarke 🍀

[strangeturtle]

I love how art, performance, and technology are merging together in ways that have only been fabricated in movies.

[susanc]

Great quote, “Our imagination is more powerful than our reasoning.”

So true on so many levels. Great can’t wait to see more advancements. Very interesting.

[rickytomczyk]

Imagine them not being small and all of them having Gatling guns

[AK-tcwq]

*I never expected a MAGIC SHOW on TED*

[danegerous]

Lol, at 1:17 they fly up before he pointed at them 😂
So no, it was not him controlling them.

[linasdagys]

It was so enjoyable and funny to watch that man playing with his drones. I think he didn't forgotten his childhood inside of him :D :D

[NateCConcerts]

This man could definitely become a top tier supervillain

[DisneyWhoLockian]

At the end all I could think of was Merlin packing up his house in the Sword and the Stone! ☺️ amazing!!

[christopherdurham]

The Greeting from Close Encounters was a neat touch.

[Bryggyth]

Yes it appears it was pre-programmed, but it was a cute little skit and I enjoyed it :)

[fumi]

excellent programming and acting, all the movements were very well planned, icant wait until we reach this level of control with our current technology and beyond!!

[iversonmatthew]

Next up .. we put some C4 in them.. add a little face tracking and voila .. you have establishment dissent removal drones.

[invox]

Pre-recorded flight plans integrated either with playback OR someone off-stage activating the designated fligh(s).
In the future, a camera will read the person's hand movement and activate the flight(s) accordingly.
This was a good Ted.

[a.ielimba]

AWESOME I liked how they were all told to get in the box and they did lol

[cirusMEDIA]

The routine was pre-programmed. And this poor guy was poor on his timing.
It was still interesting to watch.

[shrinarayan]

At 1:14 drones move up without his command; pre planed ?!