A few days before the show, I mail a package to the client and ask that they
keep it sealed and bring it to the show.
Two suggestions:
1) Ditch the electronic trickery. With today's technology, it is too easy
for the audience to write this off to a gimmicked recorder. And they'd
be right.
2) Explain what you're doing over on alt.magic.secrets, and that you're
looking for pointers on how to do it so technology is *not* suspected
in quite such an obvious way.
There are many ways of doing similar things involving sealed predictions.
One major way to get the heat off the cassette recorder etc. is to use
a borrowed audio device. Mobile Phone, iPod, cassette player etc. You now
have to think how to get the prediction out of it, without modifying it.
When the trick is over, they can take the cassette home with them-- it will
contain today's headlines no matter where they play it.
This used to be done before people got savvy to FM audio senders, micro
digital recorders etc. The presentation screams electronic gimmickry.
6. For now, I only want one, but we may find a market within the magic
community for more.
I doubt it. It's been done before in the past, and someone somewhere
probably claims designs/patents rights.
