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Re: [Phys-l] amazing instruments



I guess I was fooled! The person's spuse who sent this actually works at a
local university, so I didn't question its validity. When I first saw it,
I thought it was fake. But the story made sense.

Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu> writes:
Actually this brings out an important point in our every changing
technological world. We used to have a saying "I won't believe it until
I
see it with my own eyes." Even that is no longer a 'valid' test if by
'seeing' we accept any kind of video/computer media. The special effects
have gotten so good that nothing we see 'on screen' can be automatically
trusted--in fact, I would suggest that we need to go the other way.
DISTRUST almost anything you see 'on screen'.

Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc "Zeke" Kossover" <zeke_kossover@yahoo.com>
To: "Forum for Physics Educators" <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Phys-l] amazing instruments


Alas, Snopes says that it is pure computer animation.
<http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/musicmachine.asp>

Marc "Zeke" Kossover


----- Original Message ----
From: Anthony Lapinski <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>
To: tap-l@lists.ncsu.edu; phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 11:43:05 AM
Subject: [Phys-l] amazing instruments

A colleague sent me this clip with the description below. Remarkable! I
had to share it with this group. I'm still it total awe!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaQYb4Ykhz8

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.

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