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Fantastic Machine
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:12 pm
by Wabbit
Yep, got it in an email but I thought it was pretty cool
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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.
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:16 pm
by Scourge
Heh, that's pretty cool.
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:23 pm
by MKJ
well worth the effort?
if the time spent building and calibrating that thing was used for researching a cure for cancer or building villages in 3rd world countries, they wouldve solved 2 of earth's biggest problems
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:27 pm
by seremtan
holy shit you've got to be kidding me
that's awesome :icon14:
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:27 pm
by seremtan
MKJ wrote:well worth the effort?
if the time spent building and calibrating that thing was used for researching a cure for cancer or building villages in 3rd world countries, they wouldve solved 2 of earth's biggest problems
miserable git :icon8:
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:38 pm
by Qr7
is this a joke?
edit:
http://www.animusic.com/
... so old
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:45 pm
by Wabbit
Could be old, dunno. First time I've seen it.
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:47 pm
by Dr_Watson
how could anyone believe this is real?
its obviously a computer animation.
sucker'd by email :icon27:
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:48 pm
by Qr7
Wabbit wrote:
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.
Scourge wrote:Heh, that's pretty cool.
MKJ wrote:well worth the effort?
if the time spent building and calibrating that thing was used for researching a cure for cancer or building villages in 3rd world countries, they wouldve solved 2 of earth's biggest problems
my point is its not fucking real... how in the fuck cant you see that?
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:48 pm
by Transient
That's so obviously CGI.
A friend of mine does this type of stuff on his computer and another of my friends does the music for it.
They don't use programs to do it for them, though. It's all from scratch. :icon14:
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:51 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
seremtan wrote:holy shit you've got to be kidding me
that's awesome :icon14:
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:12 pm
by Captain
In the xylophone-looking contraption, you can clearly see some of the balls don't end up in the tubes but rather disappear before hitting the ground.
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:25 pm
by Wabbit
Alot of urban legend stuff has been going around again, it seems.
Someone sent me the "35,000 UPS uniforms have been stolen by terrorists" email last night. I don't fall for the scare stuff any more, but admit they got me with this one.
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:40 pm
by R00k
Wabbit wrote:Alot of urban legend stuff has been going around again, it seems.
Someone sent me the "35,000 UPS uniforms have been stolen by terrorists" email last night.
I haven't gotten that one before.
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:58 pm
by shadd_
thats an ati demo for the x800 series.
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:05 am
by Scourge
Qr7 wrote:Wabbit wrote:
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.
Scourge wrote:Heh, that's pretty cool.
MKJ wrote:well worth the effort?
if the time spent building and calibrating that thing was used for researching a cure for cancer or building villages in 3rd world countries, they wouldve solved 2 of earth's biggest problems
my point is its not fucking real... how in the fuck cant you see that?
Super crappy video quality, Didn't really put much thought into it, it was kinda cool anyway, never saw it before....
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:09 am
by seremtan
pants quality video helps
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:25 am
by tnf
how the hell could someone not see that this is computer animation?
The gullible is strong in these ones.
BTW - check out my pet penguin:
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:27 am
by AmIdYfReAk
if you are going to post that Video, atleast post thoe Full one...
CMON!
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:30 am
by tnf
wabbit please make sure you email all the people that are probably in the list of people it has been forwarded to and let them know it is just computer animation and if they don't realize that they should be smacked with a hammer. we need to do our job to stop the spread of misinformation.
to be fair, it is a cool ANIMATION though.
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:37 am
by Scourge
tnf wrote:how the hell could someone not see that this is computer animation?
The gullible is strong in these ones.
BTW - check out my pet penguin:
To be fair though, that looks a bit different than this:
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:40 am
by andyman
i raised a flag as soon as a ball bounced the same exact way twice.... no way that would ever happen.
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:41 am
by tnf
Scourge wrote:tnf wrote:how the hell could someone not see that this is computer animation?
The gullible is strong in these ones.
BTW - check out my pet penguin:
To be fair though, that looks a bit different than this:
Yea the penguin looks much more realistic.
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:43 am
by Scourge
I meant the quality of the vid. Blurry, pixely, etc. Yeah, I know I should have realized it was animated but I wasn't paying that much attention.
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:43 am
by Wabbit
tnf wrote:wabbit please make sure you email...
LOL. I didn't email everyone on the list but I did send the snopes link to the person that orginally sent me the video. It's up to her if she wants to tell the others.