Thursday
19Feb2009
This from Tractor parts?
Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 1:38PM The incredible machine in the attached video 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 and hear it was WELL worth the effort. It is now on
display in the Matthew Gerhard Alumni Hall at the University of Iowa
and is already slated to be donated to the Smithsonian. Note how all
of the balls wind up in the catcher cones! Turn your sound up and
enjoy.
