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The History Of Our World Is Now A Machine

This machine looks like it will set the world record for the least efficient machine. The Rube Goldberg challenge is to accomplish a simple task (here, watering a plant) in under two minutes with at least 20 steps. This machine does it in 244 steps! Complexity is cool!

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More Ball Machine Sculptures!

We love these things! Thanks Creative Machines! Check out their gallery here.

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Machines Are Art

Thanks to CuriousityCounts for the tip!

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I Could Watch Rube Goldberg Devices All Day

Sure it’s been everywhere, but we have a nose for it too.

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Rube Goldberg Forever! The Contraption II

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Rube’s Brood Blooms Bigger And Bigger

After our post on Mr. Goldberg’s Inflating Influence, Colin Summers (thanks Colin!) wrote in and hipped us to this great list of fifteen (yes, FIFTEEN!) top Rolling Ball Sculptures.  Now you know you can’t go out and play: you’ve got to sit in front of this screen all day!  Don’t do that, just rejoice in knowing that this world has so many wonders to watch and witness.

Here’s one from the list to get you going (but then go out and play!):

It gives me a reason to get my teeth looked at. This sculpture is on display at Columbia Basin Pediatric Dentistry in Kennewick, WA.

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Ivan’s Cool Contraption

Bowlers know we have a nose for Goldbergian complexity.  THE WAY THINGS WORK will forever remain our our list of Required Viewing.  We also endorse “home-made” and “swede-ing” amongst all nose-wearers.  We gave a Golden Honker today to Ivan in Austin for his embrace of all this goodness on 11/9/08.