In Rube Goldberg Workshop, you can make tons of different machines from over 80 components. Go from virtual reality to mixed reality and use objects and surfaces in the real world as part of your ...

Each step in a Rube Goldberg machine triggers the next, often using principles of physics and mechanics, ultimately achieving a straightforward objective in the most complex way possible, blending ...

Choreographer Jody Oberfeld's latest theatrical movement-based work, “Rube G.-The Consequence of Action,” draws upon the Jewish cartoonist's signature contraptions.

In 99 percent of cases, saying that an invention is an enormous waste of time would be a negative. In the instance of Rube Goldberg machines, it’s precisely the point.

This month, young engineers from around the country gathered at Purdue University in Indiana for the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest and demonstrated contraptions that could put toothpaste on a ...

The Inventive Rube Goldberg: A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines," was released on May 6. The book is a hybrid offering that combines biography, ...

Free contest is open for Junior Division (ages 17 and under) and Senior Division (ages 18+)Entry deadline is Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, at 11:59 p.m ...

A Rube Goldberg machine is 'a contraption that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion,' according to their website.

Rube Goldberg competitions allow students to build a complicated machine to accomplish a simple task and along the way, learn a little about engineering.