You need your sound on for the post below. Prepare to be amazed .
Music Machine - Read this message before you watch the video.
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 machines 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 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.
Wow, that is amazing. Imagine what would happen if just one of those balls went astray and all that hard work resulted in a "thud" instead of a "ding"! I don't think I would have the patience to do something like that.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog Room 1. I must start one with my class here in Auckland. You are very lucky to have such a cool teacher who lets you do these neat things.