A pair of Rube Goldberg builds

posted Jul 13th 2010 9:04am by
filed under: home hacks

Here’s a couple of videos of Rube Goldberg machines that [Austin] built. The one above was completed in 2008 as a commercial contest entry for something-or-other. After the break you can see his build from 2007 which was just for fun. Both are quite nice additions to our collection of the complicated devices. We especially like the use of a sub-woofer to move a ping-pong ball and a vibrating cell phone for some wireless integration.



19 Responses to A pair of Rube Goldberg builds

  • Dave says:

    Now that is just WAY TOO Cool!

  • Paul says:

    WOW!

    I loved the use of:
    - water displacement
    - magnetic ‘ladder’
    - airsoft turret
    - cellphone + dacta motor
    - and many others

    really awesome work here

  • Dosbomber says:

    I wonder how many times he had to reset and reshoot these before he got a one-take-run? (Thinking of the Mythbusters and their 50-odd reshoots of their Mentos/Diet Coke and electric monkey machine).

    Loved the use of cell phones in the machine. :)

  • Osgeld says:

    I always like looking at these things

  • Jac Goudsmit says:

    My favorite parts are where it looks as if something goes wrong but then it turns out it’s all part of the plan. Awesome!

  • Brennan says:

    The cellphone call/vibrate was AMAZING.

  • Mikey says:

    Have seen a lot of these, but this showed some new things that were totally awesome, the phones, the water, and the speakers for one, also the pool balls on the tiles were pretty awesome.

  • zool says:

    didn’t catch it in his mouth, DO IT AGAIN

  • Stu says:

    So where’s the rube goldberg machine that promises to make you breakfast, but actually shoots you in the arm by releasing a helium balloon tied to the gun trigger?!
    (Family guy reference)
    But I guess the airsoft headshot was close enuff a reference!

  • Osgeld says:

    only peter griffin would use a real gun, I doubt even homer is that dumb :)

  • Hirudinea says:

    A very creative fellow really needs to get laid.

  • Queeg says:

    Good thing his cell phones were on Verizon and not ATT.

  • lol @ verizon comment

    yeah great videos, love these things

  • Rube Goldberg… always good!

  • Greg says:

    It’s interesting to think of all the technology involved just to make the “simple” phone call and how it all becomes part of the machine as well.

  • Malikaii says:

    F-ing amazing.

  • This is just awesome. This is made by a genious – but one question i have: How long does it take to setup such a thing? I love the use of a cellphone in the middle.

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