Rube Goldberg

The Cutest Way To Make A Postcard

Posted 05.01.2012

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People don't often get around to sending postcards anymore. You write it by hand, you stamp it, you drop it off, you wait for it to be delivered... we...

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WATCH: Giant Rube Goldberg Gizmo Takes 300 Steps To Fill, Pop Balloon

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 04.09.2012

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It's being called the world's largest Rube Goldberg machine, and it's not hard to see why. The crazy apparatus, created by Purdue University's Society...

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'Touch': Martin's Journey Brings Him Closer To His Dead Wife

Posted 04.06.2012

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There are two conflicting and very strong emotional experiences for Kiefer Sutherland's Martin Bohm on "Touch" (Thu., 9p.m. ET on Fox). First, there i...

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Boy Turns Household Objects Into Magnificent Rube Goldberg Machine

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 03.09.2012

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In this adorable YouTube video filmed by his mom, first grader Audri Clemmons shows off his magnificent Rube Goldberg monster trap. The 7-year-old ...

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WATCH: Real Life Rube Goldberg Machine

Posted 09.14.2011

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Canadian photography company 2D Photography has realized the lost dream of many people's childhoods: to build a Rube Goldberg style machine. The idea ...

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Fighting City Hall's Nuclear Weapons

Joe Cirincione | Posted 08.15.2011

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Joe Cirincione

Kansas City wants to build nuclear weapons. Although it is too late to stop construction on the plant, some Kansas Citians are proposing alternative uses to bring sustainable jobs, not bombs, to the area.

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WATCH: High Schoolers Build Ridiculous Rube Goldberg Machine

Posted 05.25.2011

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Reuben Goldberg was a jack of all trades: sculptor, author, engineer, inventor. But the man better known as "Rube" is perhaps most famous for his cart...

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Why the Individual Mandate Is Doomed

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Norman

A majority of American taxpayers will be required to buy health insurance or pay a penalty starting in 2014 if the new healthcare law isn't overturned or revised. I predict it will be.

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Do it Yourself Health Care Reform

Dave Chase | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Chase

In the past, health care costs weren't a big enough impact on the bottom line for business to worry about. That has changed. Many are at a breaking point, and I believe the prescription is a do-it-yourself approach.

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When Manholes Explode, New Yorkers Shrug

Tom Bisky | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Bisky

As audio-visual phenomena, the volcanic blasts from manhole-accessed underground pipes are nothing short of spectacular -- but we New Yorkers are getting used to them.

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De-Evolution and Indie Revolution: Conversations With Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh and OK Go's Damian Kulash, Plus Comic-Con Gets Loopz-y

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

There is this cool little gizmo called a "Loopz" that creates sounds and beats depending on the user's physical interaction with it. An entity calling themselves The Loopz Band will be performing at Comic-Con.

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Apologies to Rube Goldberg

Henry Henderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Henry Henderson

The Army Corps of Engineers is concerned that the Asian carp fence is now potentially threatening the public health and safety by sending dangerous levels of electricity into the surrounding landscape.

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Friday Talking Points [90] -- Obama To Switch Parties

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.

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Car Industry Group to Public: It's Not All Our Fault, It's Yours Too

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Parker

It's the same story we've been hearing from car-makers, especially those in Detroit, for the past 30 years: "Just wait a little longer and we'll have those new cars and trucks you've been hoping for."

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