June 5th – 7th the fourth Mental Calculation World Cup (MCWC) took place in Magdeburg, Germany in the course of the festival summer of science 2010. Thirty-three competitors from thirteen countries finally entered the competition. Two world records were broken on the second day!

Introduction Today, I want to talk about cooking. We’re going to experiment with memorizing tabular data in the form of culinary ratios using a combination of the wardrobe method and a simple grid system described by Jerry Lucas and Harry Lorayne in The Memory Book. You might be thinking, “Wait a minute! Why are we memorizing [...]

June 5th – 7th the fourth Mental Calculation World Cup (MCWC) took place in Magdeburg, Germany in the course of the festival summer of science 2010. Thirty-three competitors from thirteen countries entered the competition. Read about day 1 and how a world record was broken on a science boat.

Shortly after the unsuspected postponement of the World Memory Championship 2010 the Sports Council came up with a short notice UK Open instead. See the schedule of the competition.

Breaking News: The Chinese organisation behind the 2010 World Memory Championship in Guangzhou postponed the event from August to December 1-6 2010. Read the official announcement and the reason for this short change of plans.

There are now just twelve weeks to go to the 2010 World Memory Championships in China.  With a prize fund of US$ 92,000, this is the biggest amount in prizes ever offered for a memory championships. So far competitors from 14 countries are registered, and this is expected to increase over the next few weeks.  [...]