"And now for something completely different":

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57404598-1/student-turns-old-turntables-into-drawing-machine/?tag=cnetRiver

Check out the imaging!

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A modern day/retro Spirograph?

Next will be the digital version ie a software program simulating multiple turntables used to draw stuff. More user friendly but less "musical"? Might be enhanced to graph out and record the actual groove modulation of specific records for future preservation.

Wow. A well known University that turned out a lot of famous graduates rediscoved an old toy.