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 ...

These machines are named after the American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, who popularized the concept through his humorous illustrations. Each step in a Rube Goldberg machine triggers the next ...

They take their name from Rube Goldberg, a cartoonist who created a series of comics about such inventions. They have since become so popular that people compete at international events to make ...

[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.) ...

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.

Builders in Japan link together dozens of ingenious Lego devices to form a Great Ball Contraption. Watch the video here.

Continuing our roundup of items from Friday with The Return of Jimmy Johnson; FurBabies, FDR, and Fala; L.A.Times’ op-comic ...

The Emporium teemed with robots, gadgets, computers and experiments that demonstrated the fundamentals of biotechnology. But it was impossible to miss Boxy, the robotic dog jumping up and down at the ...

Some progressives in Michigan say that they won’t support Kamala Harris unless she changes her policy on Israel. Will their ...

cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg in 1995 and, in 1991, comedian Fanny Brice, the inspiration for the musical “Funny Girl.” The series in which Brice appeared was drawn by the Jewish ...