Zach Umperovitch (in hat) adjusts the PSPE/SHPE machine at the local Rube Goldberg competition Saturday at Purdue. The team won the competition and will compete in the national contest March 31. Also ...

Decades after Mr. Goldberg, a cartoonist, died, artists and engineers have found creative inspiration in his outlandish inventions. By Sam Corbin What’s the simplest way to open a can? Faced with this ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The Philadelphia Contraption Contest, coming in April, teaches kids that life is ...

David Cannon (from left), Alex Weaver and Matt Miller react to a flawless run of their Purdue Society of Professional Engineers/Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers machine at the Purdue local ...

Do you remember the music video for This Too Shall Pass by OK Go? It’s basically three and a half minutes of an elaborate Rube Goldberg machine captured in a single shot—no small feat whatsoever. The ...

Using masterful precision, engineering and creativity, Seiko created a “Rube Goldberg"-type contraption using 1,200 tiny watch parts. The watchmaker posted a video titled "Art of Time" of the device ...

In "The Thirst Quencher," Joseph Herscher unveils a whimsical Rube Goldberg machine designed to deliver a refreshing drink in the most convoluted way possible. Utilizing everyday items like plungers, ...

It took two months, nine globes, three tires, one billiard ball, one VW Beetle, a set of bowling pins and a variety of everyday objects to create one 30-second spot. This week, National Geographic is ...