Its a contraption you make where lets say, you have a marble rolling on a plank, it falls into cup that tips over, as it tips over it hits switch which operates a little crane, that dumps sand into a box on a scale, as the box fills with sand the scale does something else, and so on
I think what you are describing is called a "Rube Goldberg" machine. There use to be a cartoon in the Sunday comic section that would have one of these drawn out and told how ir worked so you could follow the action
Yep. Rube is a hero of mine. I think he designed the modern photocopier. (Actually, it was Chester Carleton, but he must have been a close relative of Rube!)
Yep. Rube is a hero of mine. I think he designed the modern photocopier. (Actually, it was Chester Carleton, but he must have been a close relative of Rube!)
Oh...and a cousin to Rubix Cube!!!! Hehehehe...running now!
If you have the time this is the one to view for its ingenuity and cleverness. Wait for the chessboard part, fantastic execution.
That video features Woody in a cameo role. ;-Þ
pug-h, I had asked that question originally, because i was trying to find youtube clips of this japanese show in the afternoons that alsways ends with a rube. more specifically wanted to find that cool 'algorithm dance' they do. My son loves it and we trying to learn how to do it
pug-h, I had asked that question originally, because i was trying to find youtube clips of this japanese show in the afternoons that alsways ends with a rube. more specifically wanted to find that cool 'algorithm dance' they do. My son loves it and we trying to learn how to do it
One of the best PC games ever - that originally caught my attention (and my kids) about 16 yrs ago... The Incredible Machine. Click here to download, and prepare to waste hours/days/weeks/months... :O)
Well, the actual programme name on NHK that kolasi is after is "Pita Gora Switch" and the marble segment is "PitaGora Souchi". (The penguin characters are called Pita and Gora. "Souchi" is "device, contraption".)
Page in Japanese here. ;-Þ
Well, the actual programme name on NHK that kolasi is after is "Pita Gora Switch" and the marble segment is "PitaGora Souchi". (The penguin characters are called Pita and Gora. "Souchi" is "device, contraption".)
Page in Japanese here. ;-Þ
Interesting, I always thought it was a play on words, pythagoras switch. I didn't realize that the characters were named Pita and Gora as well.
One of the best PC games ever - that originally caught my attention (and my kids) about 16 yrs ago... The Incredible Machine. Click here to download, and prepare to waste hours/days/weeks/months... :O)
....I've been looking for that for YEARS. Thank you SO MUCH.
One of the best PC games ever - that originally caught my attention (and my kids) about 16 yrs ago... The Incredible Machine. Click here to download, and prepare to waste hours/days/weeks/months... :O)
I'm assuming that's a PC version (ZIP file) -- any idea if it has any spyware attached or anything?
