As we all know, Rube Goldberg is most famous for his contraption cartoons that employ ridiculous chain reactions to solve every day problems. These intricate machines were all inventions of Rube ...

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[Paz Hameiri] took it a step further by adding some [Rube Goldberg] flavor, and with the help of a microcontroller, his levers take their sweet time powering themselves down. (Video after the break.) ...

How do seventh-graders learn about energy? They look to cartoonist Rube Goldberg’s crazy inventions and make their own.

Bugs Bunny's classic cartoons, from Halloween-themed antics to chases with Elmer Fudd, continue to entertain audiences with ...

and ask why humans need such a Rube Goldbergesque design for a task that can be accomplished with a much simpler, more economical, and perhaps more reliable design.

Cartoonist Rube Goldberg, who will become famous for his ridiculous drawings of imaginary machinery, begins his professional cartooning career. When she appears in a one-piece skirtless bathing ...

At first glance, Ruby chocolate might have been named after cartoonist Rube Goldberg, who gained fame for designing complicated machines to perform simple tasks. Back when ruby chocolate was announced ...

The franchise also has some of the genre's most unique deaths, which play out like Rube Goldberg machines. Any series that leaves us fearing everyday objects is doing something right. The most ...

The dominoes themselves are made of cardstock—so you can’t set them up and knock ’em down or craft the beginnings of a Rube Goldberg device. But the dominoes are big and sturdy enough to be ...

In a delicatessen in the village of Piamprato, T-shirts with cute wolf cartoons hang for sale alongside ... and water delivered by a Rube Goldberg–esque sluice system that snakes up the hill.

An automated Rube Goldberg-esque array of conveyors, sorters, folders, inserters, and bundlers spanning a warehouse between the press room and the loading dock began to gather dust, and the daily ...