Catherine Thimmesh demonstrates how ordinary household objects transform into extraordinary chain-reaction machines that ...

Most inventions are designed to make our lives easier, but Rube Goldberg Machines are for people who like a challenge. You’ve probably seen them in adverts, films, or YouTube videos: complicated ...

The name Rube Goldberg has long been synonymous with any overly-built contraption played for laughs that solves a simple problem through complicated means. But it might surprise you to learn that ...

[Rob Smith] wanted to clean some floppies in style and made a Disco Rube Goldberg-Style device for the job. Starting with a disk caddy on linear rails, [Smith] has a track for the floppy to follow.

Metanaut, the studio behind Rube Goldberg-inspired physics sandbox Gadgeteer (2019), announced they’re releasing an anthology of virtual and mixed reality experiences designed to mesmerize.

Rube Goldberg (1883–1970) was born in an era defined by massive technological upheaval. But where others recoiled at the march of progress, Goldberg saw “the funny,” writes Thimmesh in ...

NEW YORK and MONETT, Mo., April 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Rube Goldberg Institute, a family-run nonprofit that uses the artist's invention cartoons as a springboard for its work in STEM and ...

NEW YORK and MONETT, Mo., April 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Rube Goldberg Institute, a family-run nonprofit that uses the artist's invention cartoons as a springboard for its work in STEM and ...