Via Marco McClean’s Memo of the Air, we quite enjoyed seeing this impressive performance from Swedish folktronica band Wintergatan (the Milky Way, from the term for the galaxy, “winter street”) and the resident multi-instrumentalist and tinkerer Martin Molin’s documented construction of a music box that used cascading steel marbles to play, modulated by a hand-crank, the score programmed on LEGO Technic beams. Nearly a decade later, the group has returned to the idea, with a challenge to build a bigger version (powered by eighty-thousand marbles) robust enough for touring, turning to the Renaissance and contraptions of Da Vinci and Huygens for inspiration. More from New Atlas at the link above.
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synchronoptica
one year ago: a 1974 international crisis in West Berlin (with synchronoptica) plus the language of Dune
seven years ago: the science of toast, assorted links to revisit, an adventuresome archaeologist plus an Oscar preview
eight years ago: the women of NASA in LEGO form, a lunar mission, US cracks down on immigration plus more on space-elevators
nine years ago: perfect for Roquefort cheese, prohibition in Canada plus a luxurious time-capsule in Palm Springs
ten years ago: recruiting for the Second Crusade, more links to enjoy, misinformation plus that dress