Rube Goldberg machine
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rube-goldberg-machine-164-4208788
title:
Rube Goldberg machine
text:
PythagoraSwitch A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain reaction–type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and (impractically) overly complicated way. Usually, these machines consist of a series of simple unrelated devices; the action of each triggers the initiation of the next, eventually resulting in achieving a stated goal. The design of such a "machine" is often presented on paper and would be impossi
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description:
Deliberately complex contraption
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine
date created:
2003-03-12T21:10:27Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T19:32:55Z
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