The Extreme Minuet is an incredibly fast and precise performance of one of Mozart's minuets, where 43 people throw coins into cups. It only takes two seconds! How is this possible?
43 glasses in a row, each carefully filled with water to create a musical scale. Six meters away are the research staff, 43 people with coins in hand. Concentration. Tension. Then they toss coins.
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Each of the performers had their hands attached electrodes, so they could use the computer to precisely control the time of the performance.
To be able to record a two-second performance, they used the fastest camera in Japan, the Phantom 4K, which shoots at 1000 frames per second.
Japanese manufacturer Suntory its product Shuchu Regain marketed as an "energy drink for the brain". Together with agencies Dentsu, Ignite and Party, they designed an eccentric attempt to mix drink with science. And why Mozart? According to research by Kyoto University and Harvard University, listening to Mozart's minuet it strengthens our concentration, regardless of our age.
