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Rube Goldberg Lives!

What would we do without geeks with too much time on their hands?

Posted by Rand Simberg at May 24, 2007 02:09 PM
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Correction: WAY too much time on their hands.

I got a headache watching that, probably because of the hand-held camera. In any case, that machine had probably over 100 steps to it. A "simple" 12-15 step machine can take days to get working reliably, I can't imagine how much time they put into that one. Yikes.

Posted by John Breen III at May 24, 2007 02:31 PM

It was getting a little long, but then they had the chess game. I liked that bit.

Posted by Leland at May 24, 2007 03:06 PM

Hmmm, I suppose future such devices will need a twist. Say, using a Star Wars theme or building a whole house to use this stuff.

Posted by Karl Hallowell at May 24, 2007 05:16 PM

Loved it! Thanks for posting it.

Posted by K T Cat at May 24, 2007 05:41 PM


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