Top 10: Rube Goldberg Machines

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1. David Seitz says:

   March 17th, 2011 at 8:35 pm

   Although it a commercial for Honda I enjoy this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEF0cg1j35o

2. Dethe Elza says:

   March 17th, 2011 at 10:20 pm

   Can’t see the breakfast machine video. Was it the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang breakfast machine (http://www.traileraddict.com/clip/chitty-chitty-bang-bang/breakfast-machine) or the Wallace and Gromit breakfast machine? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk6zbY8i4_8)

   1. Sean Michael Ragan says:

      March 18th, 2011 at 5:21 pm

      Aye, sorry, was afraid that might happen. Are you trying to view it on an iPad or other iDevice? That one video is hosted on a Netherlands-based streaming site that does not seem to provide the new HTML-5 compatible video support that iPads require. And no, unfortunately, it isn’t either of the machines you’ve linked. Here’s a direct link to the video that might work for ya, though:

      http://blip.tv/play/gck0gaLaVwI%2Em4v

3. Brad Czerniak says:

   March 17th, 2011 at 10:38 pm

   Speaking of breakfast machines, how about the BTTF breakfast machine, or Peter Griffin’s?
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDppklk2QuI

4. Jamie Zigelbaum says:

   March 17th, 2011 at 11:25 pm

   I helped build the OK Go RGM, we studied the RGMs from PythagoraSwitch http://vimeo.com/13420214 to gain inspiration. They are wonderful.

5. Randy Addison says:

   March 18th, 2011 at 2:09 am

   This is so cool! I like the Japanese Rude Goldburg machines. Such a long journey for just preparing a bowl of ramen. lol

6. paul says:

   March 18th, 2011 at 9:11 am

   Since Nearness uses a Transport for London Oyster card, I would contend that it is a Heath Robinson machine, not a Rube Goldberg one. (I would have said the same thing about Creme that Egg, but Kraft own Cadbury now).

7. Daniel Busby says:

   March 18th, 2011 at 9:54 pm

   Also done by Syyn Labs:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7oJfK4E7RY

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   March 19th, 2011 at 2:00 pm

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9. Bettina Zinsli says:

   April 22nd, 2011 at 9:56 am

   I really like Fischli Weiss’s “Lauf der Dinge” or “The Way things go”. They two Swiss artists who make great Rube Goldberg machines.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tv-JbAurcg

10. Mark Perez says:

    June 17th, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    you missed this one
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCCWvZH-mDg
    http://www.lifesizemousetrap.org
    built years before OK GO…

11. jshof45 says:

    February 4th, 2012 at 7:33 pm

    the mythbuster’s mentos and diet coke one is awesome

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