How Heath Robinson’s Complicated Contraptions Influence Advertising A Century Later A new exhibition showcases the comic artist’s vast portfolio of commercial work from 1903 onwards.

Boy, 9, accidentally hanged himself with his 'Heath Robinson-type rope contraption' he built to watch films on his tablet computer from his bunk bed Liam Gardner made device from dressing gown ...

Heath Robinson's bizarre contraptions consisted of wheels, pulleys, counter-balanced ropes and weights - often powered by steam or musical instruments, or something else truly impractical.

In the 1930s, Heath Robinson became known as "The Gadget King", and he is still most widely remembered for his detailed drawings of eccentric, over-complicated contraptions. But he was also a ...

Sunday Sequence—Religious Violence, Heath Robinson and The Pope in Egypt More clips from Religious Violence, Heath Robinson and The Pope in Egypt The Spirituality of Running Duration: 01:16 ...

In the 1930s Heath Robinson became known as “The Gadget King” for his pictures of complex contraptions intricately designed to deliver the simplest of outcomes.

Heath Robinson Museum to be built. Wonder how many ropes and pulleys they'll use in its construction?" Kaiser Of Crisps adds: "I hope the visitor door will open with an elaborate system of pullies ...

Seiko has created an extremely complicated machine that takes watch parts and turns them into a playful mechanical cityscape that recalls the the Rube Goldberg or Heath Robinson contraptions of ...

William Heath Robinson was born in 1872. He studied art and achieved modest success in the early 1900s as an illustrator, but he found his real metier as a cartoonist for Punch and other English ...