[BITList] The Mother of All Doohickey's.

[John Feltham]

G'day Frank,

On 10/07/2012, at 24:06 AM, franka wrote:

<< Read this first, then open the attachment, watch and enjoy!
Here's an ENGINEERING FEAT, conceived & born in IOWA!!!
The creators, at the University, call it "THE MOTHER OF ALL
DOOHICKEYS". In all of my days I have never witnessed anything as
amazing as this contraption. Please note, the balls don't fall on the
floor, they return to the machine. 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
by a French group. 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 in
Washington D.C. >>


Sorry to burst your bubble. Not so - but nearly so,

The video shown, is the wrong video.

See…

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

and 

2. http://newsroom.intel.com/community/news/blog/2011/09/16/robotic-orchestra-hits-right-notes-for-industrial-control


ooroo


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