Fantastic Machine

Post by **Wabbit** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:12 pm

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.

Post by **Scourge** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:16 pm

Heh, that's pretty cool.

Post by **MKJ** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:23 pm

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

Post by **seremtan** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:27 pm

holy shit you've got to be kidding me

that's awesome :icon14:

Post by **seremtan** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:27 pm

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:

Post by **Qr7** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:38 pm

is this a joke?

edit: http://www.animusic.com/

... so old

Post by **Wabbit** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:45 pm

Could be old, dunno. First time I've seen it.

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:47 pm

how could anyone believe this is real?
its obviously a computer animation.

sucker'd by email :icon27:

Post by **Qr7** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:48 pm

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?

Post by **Transient** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:48 pm

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:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:51 pm

seremtan wrote:holy shit you've got to be kidding me that's awesome :icon14:

Post by **Captain** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:12 pm

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.

Post by **Wabbit** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:25 pm

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.

Post by **R00k** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:40 pm

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.

Post by **shadd_** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:58 pm

thats an ati demo for the x800 series.

Post by **Scourge** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:05 am

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....

Post by **seremtan** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:09 am

pants quality video helps

Post by **tnf** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:25 am

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:

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:27 am

if you are going to post that Video, atleast post thoe Full one...

CMON!

Post by **tnf** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:30 am

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.

Post by **Scourge** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:37 am

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:

Post by **andyman** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:40 am

i raised a flag as soon as a ball bounced the same exact way twice.... no way that would ever happen.

Post by **tnf** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:41 am

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.

Post by **Scourge** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:43 am

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.

Post by **Wabbit** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:43 am

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.