Top 10: Rube Goldberg Machines

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By Sean Michael Ragan
Posted 2011/03/17 @ 12:52 pm
Category Fun & Games, Photography & Video, Science

Ever known somebody who makes things more complicated than they have to be?

#10

Half Life 2 Rube Goldberg Contraptions

#9

Ramen Cooking Rube Goldberg-like Video

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Easter Themed Rube Goldberg Machine

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Nearness, A Wireless Rube Goldberg Machine

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Rube Goldberg Breakfast Machine

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#3

Lego Rube Goldberg Machine

#2

Trumer Beer Rube Goldberg Machine

#1

Rube Goldberg Music Video

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13 Responses to Top 10: Rube Goldberg Machines

David Seitz on March 17th, 2011 at 8:35 pm said:

Although it a commercial for Honda I enjoy this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEF0cg1j35o

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Dethe Elza on March 17th, 2011 at 10:20 pm said:

Can’t see the breakfast machine video. Was it the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang breakfast machine (http://www.traileraddict.com/clip/chitty-chitty-bang-bang/breakfast-machine) or the Wallace and Gromit breakfast machine? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6zbY8i4_8)

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- Sean Michael Ragan on March 18th, 2011 at 5:21 pm said:
  
  Aye, sorry, was afraid that might happen. Are you trying to view it on an iPad or other iDevice? That one video is hosted on a Netherlands-based streaming site that does not seem to provide the new HTML-5 compatible video support that iPads require. And no, unfortunately, it isn’t either of the machines you’ve linked. Here’s a direct link to the video that might work for ya, though:
  
  http://blip.tv/play/gck0gaLaVwI%2Em4v
  
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Brad Czerniak on March 17th, 2011 at 10:38 pm said:

Speaking of breakfast machines, how about the BTTF breakfast machine, or Peter Griffin’s?

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Jamie Zigelbaum on March 17th, 2011 at 11:25 pm said:

I helped build the OK Go RGM, we studied the RGMs from PythagoraSwitch http://vimeo.com/13420214 to gain inspiration. They are wonderful.

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Randy Addison on March 18th, 2011 at 2:09 am said:

This is so cool! I like the Japanese Rude Goldburg machines. Such a long journey for just preparing a bowl of ramen. lol

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paul on March 18th, 2011 at 9:11 am said:

Since Nearness uses a Transport for London Oyster card, I would contend that it is a Heath Robinson machine, not a Rube Goldberg one. (I would have said the same thing about Creme that Egg, but Kraft own Cadbury now).

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Daniel Busby on March 18th, 2011 at 9:54 pm said:

Also done by Syyn Labs:

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Anonymous on March 19th, 2011 at 2:00 pm said:

Check out mine!

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Bettina Zinsli on April 22nd, 2011 at 9:56 am said:

I really like Fischli Weiss’s “Lauf der Dinge” or “The Way things go”. They two Swiss artists who make great Rube Goldberg machines.

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Mark Perez on June 17th, 2011 at 10:28 pm said:

you missed this one

http://www.lifesizemousetrap.org
built years before OK GO…

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jshof45 on February 4th, 2012 at 7:33 pm said:

the mythbuster’s mentos and diet coke one is awesome

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