iPads, MakerEd and More in Education

"This puppy petting machine is perfect for any good boy ... well almost any.

This first dog in this videos seems to be enjoying the elaborate back scratcher, getting so relaxed they even let out a yawn. But the smaller pup needed one more hand than this machine could provide. Perhaps the owners should have made a sign that reads, "you must be at least 22-inches to go on this ride." 

Rube Goldberg would be proud."

"Rube Goldberg Machines are not only made from a series of imaginative engineering marvels, they’re also well-known for being overly complex in comparison to the task achieved. In this intricate machine by Joseph Herscher of Joseph’s Machines, cake is served! But it all starts with dinner.".

Our new specially-marked, Rube Goldberg-inspired machine cereal boxes are designed to literally get your wheels turning.  

As part of General Mills’ partnership with the 30th anniversary of the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, new boxes of Cheerios, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Lucky Charms and Reese’s Puffs include easy-to-follow instructions to transform the packaging into Rube Goldberg-inspired simple machines.

They bring S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) concepts to life using everyday household items like straws, paper clips, pencils and tape.

What happens to a bowling ball after you bowl with it? How do vending machines really work? What happens to your luggage when you check it in at the airport? What’s inside a street organ?

In 2017, Centre Pompidou museum approached me to create five short films for their kids web show Mon Œil in line with Preposterous. Les machines impossible series (Impossible Machines), a tribute to Rube Goldberg, explores and reinvents what’s inside complex mechanisms.

Watch four amusing imaginings from French motion designer Florent Porta: Les machines impossibles – Bowling, above, Soda, Bagage, and Musique:

This basketball, simple machine, and mechanism-filled Rube Goldberg Machine is powered by the work of students from Georgia Tech’s colleges of Industrial Design and Music, and some signature Globetrotters magic courtesy of ‘Buckets’ Blakes. The Trick Shot Machine, also scored by the Tech students, is a promo project for the legendary Harlem Globetrotters, filmed before their Atlanta, Georgia games on March 3 and 10, 2018.

This might be the ultimate home-built Rube Goldberg machine you have ever seen. The monstrous machine runs for three minutes and took four months to build.