The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the phrase “Rube Goldberg” as “accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply.”
A group of Abbotsford, B.C. students took that definition to heart when they created “the ultimate Rube Goldberg machine” and a 10-minute video that showed the contraption at work.
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Students and staff at the Abbotsford School of Integrated Arts worked with a local artist and a physics major from a local university to build a Rube Goldberg machine – named after the cartoonist who popularized the devices in North America – that snaked through the entire school.
The school says the overly-elaborate device is the perfect way to integrate math, science and the arts.
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