Most Rube Goldberg machines are frenetic creations. They involve a lot of furious action as a cascade of consequences drives something like a marble through a series of obstacles. They are designed to ...

A Rube Goldberg machine for passing and pouring wine involves live mice, a toy train, hand weights, and many more fun props. A simple dinner-time request to pass the wine has never looked so ...

A Rube Goldberg-style contraption uses a powerful, focused beam of light, prisms, and magnifying glasses to activate its various mechanisms. This video, called “The Power of Optics”, was created in ...

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 ...

Everyone loves Rube Goldberg machines, but why? What is it about a chain reaction orchestrated for performing a simple task that has us standing there with our eyes wide and our mouths agate in a dumb ...