An artist back in the early 1900’s used to draw these complex contraptions to perform simple tasks… like buttering bread and an alarm clock, etc.
A self wiping napkin:
As a kid i was always interested in his way of thinking. Anyway, thats what this video reminds me of. Pretty cool.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3163263343187879320&hl=en
the music as rather annoying, i don’t know what it is saying but for some reason it made me ram an whole block of sharp cheddar cheese up my ass.
Reminds me of this:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6006084025483872237&q=Honda+Cog&hl=en
Best comercial ever IMO.
This is the making of the above:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-960793573142648647&q=Honda+Cog&hl=en
that game owned!#$#!#!$!
has anyone made any good ones themselves?
Do a search on the old TV program of “Vision On” from Canada… This is an example of when engineers get creative.
KK
Oh god no… I’ve seen this before, and for the rest of the day I will have that “da da da dee da da” thing stuck in my head.
Someone needs to find a download of this and post it up:
http://www.worldvillage.com/wv/gamezone/html/reviews/machine.htm
Rube Goldberg stuff is awesome. I have actually participated in Rube Goldberg problem solving competitions at tech ed conferences. Wow, I really admitted to being a geek there.:redface:
This is quite the contraption;
i need one of those so i can throw away all of these clip-ons
damn, this shit facinates me to no end. ME/EE ftw
This is still one of my favorites.