A Rube Goldberg machine or device is any exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way. Rube devised such pataphysical devices. The best examples of his machines have an anticipation factor: the fact that something so wacky is happening can only be topped by it happening in a suspenseful manner.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Students and Rube Goldberg Machines
Students explore the concept of Rube Goldberg Machines in a number of ways.
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