Tonight, we are making things incredibly complicated--because that's what Zach Umperovitch likes to do. He's a Rube Goldberg expert, a Guinness Record Holder, a judge and producer for "Contraption ...

Using masterful precision, engineering and creativity, Seiko created a “Rube Goldberg"-type contraption using 1,200 tiny watch parts. The watchmaker posted a video titled "Art of Time" of the device ...

Who doesn’t love the intricacy of Rube Goldberg machines? A celebration of the most mechanical, complex and absurd way of performing an everyday task, there’s nothing quite like watching a cuckoo ...

Rube Goldberg (1883–1970) was born in an era defined by massive technological upheaval. But where others recoiled at the march of progress, Goldberg saw “the funny,” writes Thimmesh in lucidly ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Dominoes topple, marbles roll, and everyday objects transform into extraordinary chain reactions under the guidance of award-winning children's author Catherine Thimmesh, who ...

It took two months, nine globes, three tires, one billiard ball, one VW Beetle, a set of bowling pins and a variety of everyday objects to create one 30-second spot. This week, National Geographic is ...

CHICAGO — Cartoonist Rube Goldberg (1883–1970) was best known for his depictions of complicated contraptions with far too many moving parts built to solve the simplest of problems. These “Rube ...