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UnKnown X
1 Jul 2006, 13:47
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94EVRn1WG5A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vf5ilHJu5w

Awesome!
M3ntal
1 Jul 2006, 16:53
Excellent! I especially love the two that play the little tune :).

Half Life 2 Rube Goldberg devices:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8926325136071596338
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6148878850469533200
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7136976178243613174
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2953485344445477198
Cyclaws
1 Jul 2006, 17:09
Ah yeah, I've seen these. Must have been Andrews forum.
UnKnown X
1 Jul 2006, 17:43
Excellent! I especially love the two that play the little tune :).

Half Life 2 Rube Goldberg devices:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8926325136071596338
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6148878850469533200
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7136976178243613174
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2953485344445477198
I've made quite a few myself. Never actually finished a proper one, though :p
Iguana
2 Jul 2006, 12:26
Great vids, but that song is the single most annoying thing in the world.
Still, those are pretty amazing if you turn the volume down a bit.
pinoocho
3 Jul 2006, 02:27
Wow, amaizing
evilworm2
3 Jul 2006, 15:25
Ah... this reminds me of The Incredible Machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine).
WormGod
3 Jul 2006, 17:31
Excellent! I especially love the two that play the little tune :).

Half Life 2 Rube Goldberg devices:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8926325136071596338
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6148878850469533200
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7136976178243613174
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2953485344445477198

I've got to try making one of those!
UnKnown X
3 Jul 2006, 18:20
You should, it's fun. At least watching the result... The process of making them is just frustrating :p
Xinos
4 Jul 2006, 20:22
Ah... this reminds me of The Incredible Machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine).

I spent years playing The Increadible Machine 2 as a kid :cool:
best game ever.
bonz
4 Jul 2006, 21:19
Ah... this reminds me of The Incredible Machine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Machine).
Yep.
They all got their inspiration from Rube Goldberg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg
http://www.rube-goldberg.com
Preasure
5 Jul 2006, 10:14
Very intracate, but I prefer the HL2 ones. more explosions, less annoying music. Besides, why lob a marble when you can lob G-Man? :p
bonz
7 Jul 2006, 17:51
Very intracate, but I prefer the HL2 ones. more explosions, less annoying music. Besides, why lob a marble when you can lob G-Man? :p
Because real physics are much more, ehrm..., realistic?
And it takes much, much more effort to build a Rube Goldberg device in reality than in a computer game engine.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=o9o9Sr_vw5I
http://www.yikers.com/video_a_real_rube_goldberg_machine.html
Cisken1
7 Jul 2006, 18:12
The honda one is fake, some things coudn't work in real life.

The rest is nice!
WormOfFire
7 Jul 2006, 18:17
Wow,this one...amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kvdq8cRNBM&search=rube%20goldberg
Cisken1
7 Jul 2006, 18:26
IT HAS FIRE! AND FOOD! woawoawoa best ever! I love it *asplodes*
Paul.Power
7 Jul 2006, 19:02
It's Heath Robinson, dammit ;).

And yes, I've seen these before on Andrew's forum :)
bonz
7 Jul 2006, 20:30
The honda one is fake, some things coudn't work in real life
It's not fake.
http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp

The tires rolling up the slope can be achieved by weights and everything else doesn't look odd to me anyway.
M3ntal
7 Jul 2006, 20:55
rofl @ it making food at the end.
UnKnown X
8 Jul 2006, 02:47
Wow,this one...amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kvdq8cRNBM&search=rube%20goldberg
Oh, those Japanese... I swear, they're not human! That's some crazy stuff...
WormOfFire
8 Jul 2006, 10:33
rofl @ it making food at the end.
I mean,isn't it just easier to make the food yourself instead of building a huge device?:rolleyes:
bonz
8 Jul 2006, 11:43
I'd like to get hold of the short movie "Der Lauf der Dinge" (The way things go) by the two Swiss Peter Fischli and David Weiss.
http://www.tcfilm.ch/lauf_txt_e.htm

Years ago at a music festival they were showing it on the background of the kitchen tent.
It's a 100 feet long and 30 min lasting Rube Goldberg device that includes fire, water and chemical reactions.

Edit:
According to Snopes.com in 2003 those two actually tried to sue Honda for their "The Cog" advertisment.
Paul.Power
8 Jul 2006, 15:23
I mean,isn't it just easier to make the food yourself instead of building a huge device?:rolleyes:You seem to have missed the objective of a Heath Robinson Contraption/Rube Goldberg Device
Cisken1
9 Jul 2006, 12:59
It's not fake.
http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp

The tires rolling up the slope can be achieved by weights and everything else doesn't look odd to me anyway.

That muffler can't roll like that!

Ok, I seem to be wrong here, amazing job nontheless!
bonz
9 Jul 2006, 14:35
That muffler can't roll like that!
Sure, why not?
Ever seen a rugby ball roll?
Gardy Looo
9 Jul 2006, 15:21
WOW, this made my day!
WormOfFire
9 Jul 2006, 18:51
You seem to have missed the objective of a Heath Robinson Contraption/Rube Goldberg Device
No,i just mean...meh never mind.
WormGod
12 Jul 2006, 07:01
DAMNIT!

There was a Rube Goldberg contest on ABS.. which I could have taken part in..