publication date: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 (part of Fall 2012)

category: Music

clue: He wanted to make a little moog music, so he invented his own synthesizer.

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Erik Bates, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Aaron Shurtleff, Kelly Lee, and Laurie Laczkowski

Man or Machine?: Modern society has been transformed by technology, which makes life safer and more convenient. Each of these five men shares his last name with a famous machine. Can you invent a method for solving them?

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