Machines like the ones the Rounds made are named after Rube Goldberg, a famous cartoonist known for sketching them. Each year, Rube Goldberg Inc. puts on a contest to celebrate his idea.

The goal is to create a Rube Goldberg machine that, in 10 to 20 steps, drops a bar of soap into someone's hands. "It just seemed like the right task. Everyone has got a bar of soap somewhere in ...

Miracle Machines Miracle Machines shown left to right: “My Cup of Tea”, “Curiosity Thrilled the Cat”, and “Goooaaalll”. Three distinct oversized, double-sided, highly interactive play ...

In between though there were a series of nearly a dozen chain reaction steps and stages. That was one of 17 Rube Goldberg machines designed by Grade 11 Physics students at Agincourt Collegiate ...

First year engineering students in Engineering Design 1 have been busy. They have been assigned the task of building a complex machine to do the simple task of marking and depositing a ballot. Faculty ...

"Making a Rube Goldberg Machine is as simple or as complicated as the maker wants it to be," Thimmesh explains. The machines can be constructed by builders of all ages, including her 4-year-old ...

Rube Goldberg’s Greatest Machine Is His Legacy Decades after Mr. Goldberg, a cartoonist, died, artists and engineers have found creative inspiration in his outlandish inventions.

Zach Umperovitch is one of two experts in the world on Rube Goldberg Machines. Goldberg was a cartoonist who drew up machines to make easy processes, like turning on your TV, really complicated.