CHICAGO -- A whimsical machine can help you get ready in the morning. Slowly. A team of students from the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers took the top prize at the Rube Goldberg Machine ...

CHEYENNE — If this is the first time you’ve heard or read the name “Rube Goldberg,” you’re not alone. The Rube Goldberg machine is essentially an umbrella term for a machine that utilizes a chain ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A team of Purdue University engineering students has won the annual Rube Goldberg Machine contest with an absurdly complex contraption for changing the batteries in a ...

Tonight, we are making things incredibly complicated--because that's what Zach Umperovitch likes to do. He's a Rube Goldberg expert, a Guinness Record Holder, a judge and producer for "Contraption ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Dominoes topple, marbles roll, and everyday objects transform into extraordinary chain reactions under the guidance of award-winning children's author Catherine Thimmesh, who ...

The behind-the-scenes video titled "Filming the Breakfast Machine - Jiwi's Machines" offers an insightful look into the creation of a complex Rube Goldberg contraption designed to serve breakfast.

Zach Umperovitch (in hat) adjusts the PSPE/SHPE machine at the local Rube Goldberg competition Saturday at Purdue. The team won the competition and will compete in the national contest March 31. Also ...

David Cannon (from left), Alex Weaver and Matt Miller react to a flawless run of their Purdue Society of Professional Engineers/Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers machine at the Purdue local ...

Do you remember the music video for This Too Shall Pass by OK Go? It’s basically three and a half minutes of an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine captured in a single shot—no small feat whatsoever. The ...

Using masterful precision, engineering and creativity, Seiko created a “Rube Goldberg"-type contraption using 1,200 tiny watch parts. The watchmaker posted a video titled "Art of Time" of the device ...