Re: [Phys-l] amazing instruments

[Ken Caviness <caviness@southern.edu>]

Buy an actual DVD, it's beau-ti-ful animation, much nicer than this low-quality youtube clip.  And each DVD program has maybe 8-10 of these clips, each with a different animated "machine".  Again, the address is http://www.animusic.com/.  We got one several years ago, and my kids wanted to leave running all the time.

I'm not sure why anyone would go to the trouble to create an urban legend about a relatively well-known production.  I see that according to Wikipedia  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animusic , Animusic 3 is in production, and it gives the history on the design of Animusic 1 & 2 going back to 1985 for the first pieces.

KC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
> bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Dr. Richard Tarara
> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 3:02 PM
> To: Forum for Physics Educators
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] amazing instruments
>
> 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
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>
> > 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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