A simple dinner-time request to pass the wine has never looked so complicated. But that’s what the Joseph’s Machines YouTube channel is known for. Rube Goldberg devices delivering food and drink in a ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Most ...

Choreographer Jody Oberfeld’s latest theatrical movement-based work, “Rube G.-The Consequence of Action,” draws upon the Jewish cartoonist’s signature contraptions. (New York Jewish Week) — Are we ...

A Rube Goldberg-style contraption uses a powerful, focused beam of light, prisms, and magnifying glasses to activate its various mechanisms. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's ...

As a project, the senior engineering CADD students at Defiance High School had to build a Rube Goldberg machine, an overly complex contraption designed to accomplish a simple task. Working in small ...

Video project for art school This film is based off of the Rube Goldberg machine Which is basically the idea of a chain of events that lead to an end goal This video ...

Everything On Your Office Desktop (And Computer Screen) Is Part Of This Rube Goldberg Machine If your supervisor isn't in sight, you should probably watch this video of a Rube Goldberg machine made ...

(New York Jewish Week) — Are we humans all parts of a meticulously crafted machine? Or are we independent beings, chaotically disrupting one another’s trajectories through time and space? Is there a ...

Decades after Mr. Goldberg, a cartoonist, died, artists and engineers have found creative inspiration in his outlandish inventions. By Sam Corbin What’s the simplest way to open a can? Faced with this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Zach Umperovitch, a Purdue alumnus, (far left) and co-host Richard Hammond (left) observe contestants and their Rube Goldberg ...