Has the world finally caught up with Rube Goldberg? As daily life gets more complicated -- just how many steps does it take to activate a cellphone these days? -- the mechanized whimsy of Goldberg's ...

There isn’t anyone on the planet who can deny the pleasure of watching a good Rube Goldberg machine. For those of you who don’t know, Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist, often referred to as the ...

In 99 percent of cases, saying that an invention is an enormous waste of time would be a negative. In the instance of Rube Goldberg machines, it’s precisely the point. Heck, the more time it wastes, ...

A Rube Goldberg machine delivered Doc Brown's breakfast in Back to the Future and propelled OK GO to perhaps their greatest internet success. The National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, an annual ...

Rube Goldberg machines make accomplishing a simple task -- like putting a stamp on an envelope -- an over-engineered marathon of moving parts. This year's Rube Goldberg Machine Contest held at Purdue ...

If he’d used this Rube Goldberg contraption instead of his own, Pee Wee Herman would’ve starved to death before he ever got his breakfast. The final deadline for Fast Company's Innovation by Design ...