The Mother of all Doo Hickey's.. WOW

[mavisky]

Sorry OP, but nothing in a video on the internet is real. Everyone knows that.

 

[Hornett]

That's Animusic.
Animusic
It's really cool, but...

It's

not

real,

dude.

 

[wizard_of_ahs]

THE MOTHER OF ALL DOOHICKEYS

TOO COOL!! THIS took some very smart - very dedicated to a vision - people!!!
Read this first, then click on the link below and watch. This is almost unbelievable. See how all of the balls wind up in catcher cones.
Please note, the balls don't fall on the floor, they return to the machine.

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 machine's components came from John Deere Industries and Irrigation Equipment of Bancroft, Iowa. Yes, farm equipment!

It took the team a combined 13,029 hours (6.26 years) 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.


Click Here

 

[EvilBlackGun]

Just an animated video?

PBS used several items like this in their fund-raising efforts a few years ago. I'd have to actually go visit the "museum" before saying that this is real. EBG.

 

[ghostpoint]

Its all done in CG, but cool none the less. Check out the link over at snopes.com

snopes.com: Fantastic Music Machine

Now at the bottom of the article in 2011 they say that Intel did do a version of this based off this concept and another video that has a video of it being played at Intel forum.

 

[rw496]

That was pretty cool..like Blue Man Group on meth

 

[Mosinguy]

This thread is mixed up as well

 

[Hornett]

WOW!
It has become REAL!
Way to go Intel.

 

[bluewraith]

This thread is mixed up as well

Great! I was hoping I wasnt alone in this...