Crappy robots are all the craze these days, with YouTube’s greatest engineering minds working on everything from tazer-happy desks to skin-crawling toilet machines. But crappy Rube Goldberg machines, ...

In 99 percent of cases, saying that an invention is an enormous waste of time would be a negative. In the instance of Rube Goldberg machines, it’s precisely the point. Heck, the more time it wastes, ...

For a man whose name suggests convoluted machinery stretching across vast expanses to perform elaborate tasks, Rube Goldberg’s gravestone is a bit understated. Goldberg was buried at Mount Pleasant ...

Even if you don’t know his name, you have likely seen a Rube Goldberg machine in a television commercial, cartoon or movie. The complicated mechanical systems are often made of everyday items cobbled ...

Choreographer Jody Oberfeld’s latest theatrical movement-based work, “Rube G.-The Consequence of Action,” draws upon the Jewish cartoonist’s signature contraptions. (New York Jewish Week) — Are we ...

A team from St. Olaf College, a private liberal arts school in Northfield, Minn., won the 22nd annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at Purdue University on Saturday (March 28). St. Olaf, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rube Goldberg machines are a dime a dozen on the internet. A fact that doesn’t make the circuitous chain-reaction machines any ...

We all know what it means to procrastinate, but what about actively spending time building a useless machine? You have undoubtedly seen the ornamental boxes with a tempting little toggle switch on the ...

There’s a lot going on in the world right now, but if you’re looking for a sight that should only bring joy and delight to your eyes, look no further than this delightful clip of a gang of curious ...