Tuesday, December 19, 2006

A random video clip

A friend of mine sent me this video. It's really cool!



This machine was built as a collaborative effort between the Robert M. Trammell Music Conservatory and the Sharon Wick School of Engineering at the University of Iowa. 97% of the machine's components came from John Deere Industries and Irrigation Equipment of Bancroft, Iowa, yes farm equipment!
It took the team a combined 13,029 hours of set-up, alignment, calibration, and tuning before filming this video.
It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University and is already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Adam pointed out to me that it's not real. It's a computer animation.

I don't care, it still looks cool!

The full clip is available at AtomFilms. The original is from Animusic, and there are several other really cool clips on that site.

12/19/2006 1:22 PM
Eric said...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp

12/20/2006 8:21 PM
Eric said...

http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp

12/20/2006 8:22 PM

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