A simple dinner-time request to pass the wine has never looked so complicated. But that’s what the Joseph’s Machines YouTube channel is known for. Rube Goldberg devices delivering food and drink in a ...

You only think that pouring a bowl of cereal is simple. “There was a sick roommate, and the dragon wanted to help,” said Milton Bermudez, 8, a third-grader at Myers Elementary School in Rialto. “The ...

Rube Goldberg's world of whimsical mechanical inventions lives on as teams of students figure out the wildest ways to prepare a simple breakfast. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and ...

Students at First Odessa Christian Academy spent Thursday showing their Rube Goldberg machine projects as part of the school’s Rube Goldberg day Thursday in Odessa. Students who participated were ...

Part of the appeal of having cold cereal for breakfast is the simplicity of its preparation: Unlike making an omelet or even firing up some toast, cereal requires nothing more than pouring from box to ...

Sure, anyone can pour a bowl of cereal. But on Saturday, Nov. 4, hundreds of San Bernardino County elementary, middle and high school students used complex machines to pour a bowl of cereal with flair ...

Lengthy of the video and shaky camera skills aside, this is a pretty good Rube Goldberg machine. And best of all, the purpose of the machine is to pour a beer. Unfortunately the beer may be warm by ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE) won first place Sunday (April 22) in the 2018 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest college division at Chicago’s Museum of Science and ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Most ...