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    This is almost unbelievable. See how all of the balls wind up in catcher cones.

    This incredible 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 . Amazingly, 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 (6.26 years) of set-up, alignment,
    calibration, and tuning before filming this video but as you can see, it was
    WELL worth the effort.

    It is now on display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University
    and is already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian.
    Last edited by LORENSWIFE; September 28, 2012, 01:14 PM.
    That awkward moment when you realize it IS your circus and those ARE your monkeys!
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    Gail, there's no link behind Read This First....guess we'll have to watch the video first.

    EDIT: I watched it and I don't believe it. Not at all. No way.
    Last edited by pdub; September 28, 2012, 01:13 PM.
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    • #3
      get to about the 2:35 mark and you can see the CGI on the upside down roller coaster. Guess the fake comments are true.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by anotheridiot View Post
        get to about the 2:35 mark and you can see the CGI on the upside down roller coaster. Guess the fake comments are true.
        When cows fly. With the wings they have grown. On their own.
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        • #5
          10 year old computer animation.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by ogre View Post
            10 year old computer animation.
            Nice song, though.
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            • #7
              Fantastic Music Machine
              http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp
              Video clip shows a music-playing 'farm machine' built at the University of Iowa?



              Peewee, looks like you have a weekend project...if anyone can do it you can :-D
              If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue

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              • #8
                now I'm sad, I thought it was real.

                but then I think Unicorns are real...
                Last edited by LORENSWIFE; September 28, 2012, 02:06 PM.
                That awkward moment when you realize it IS your circus and those ARE your monkeys!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by LORENSWIFE View Post
                  now I'm sad, I thought it was real.

                  but then I think Unicorns are real...
                  Wait, unicorns arent real?!...sonofa....
                  If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by JOES66FURY View Post
                    http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp


                    Peewee, looks like you have a weekend project...if anyone can do it you can :-D
                    You've got a valid point Joe. That is, I'd do better throwing balls at the drums and the keys and the frets than I would ever do trying to play outright! HahHAHaaH!!!! What am I going to do with all this music stuff? Stude wants me to sell it onlne or something. Someday that day is coming, but not yet. I like looking at it. And besides, yesterday I used the PA system for the big gathering at the training center!

                    See there? Value added. I KNEW I had that stuff for a reason...
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                    • #11
                      Animusic......it's been around for 10 years or so......great computer animations. Here's one with a 'guitar'"
                      Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by JOES66FURY View Post
                        http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp


                        Peewee, looks like you have a weekend project...if anyone can do it you can :-D
                        You've got me thinkin' Joe...I've got a video camera and a whole lot of equipment. Hmmmm.......can I pull it off? The BangShift song. Hmmmm....I mean, I could...hmm.....I'm already writing it...hmmm

                        The bass line - BAH DUM Bah Dah Dum! Bum bum bum bum BAH daaah .... BAH DUM Bah Dah Dum! Bum bum bum bum BAH daaah- and then the slide guitar- WAAAAAAAH wah WAHH.

                        And a drum roll - doodity doodity dootiy WHAM!

                        The Bangshift Song. Hmmm. I'm up for it. If I can get Unit to run the camera, lots of takes. She might get bored.
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