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Gil Weinberg, the founding director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, has nursed the Margaret Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, a yearly contest that draws aspiring musical mad scientists from around the world showcasing their mutant devices at a free concert, into an international phenomenon, but serving as a judge one year was harder work than he expected — comparing devices that could hardly be recognized as creatures from the same species.
Read the full article here: http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/entertainment/music/georgia-tech-contest-perfect-for-musical-mad-scien/nqZ5Z/