This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by jonny. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

>> ^Lendl:

>> ^Esoog:
Thats one of the most creative things Ive ever seen. I've viewed some great Rube Goldberg machines before, but this one had something special about it.

Fire


http://videosift.com/video/A-pyromaniacs-Rube-Goldberg-chain-reaction

>> ^Lendl:

>> ^Esoog:
Thats one of the most creative things Ive ever seen. I've viewed some great Rube Goldberg machines before, but this one had something special about it.

Fire


And a freakin' hamster! This video has EVERYTHING!

>> ^Esoog:

Thats one of the most creative things Ive ever seen. I've viewed some great Rube Goldberg machines before, but this one had something special about it.


Fire

Thats one of the most creative things Ive ever seen. I've viewed some great Rube Goldberg machines before, but this one had something special about it.

Great! Now make this a component in a Rube Goldberg machine and really impress me the internet.

Details and behind the scenes: http://2dphotography.ca/blog/2011/07/rube-goldberg/ ...

I suggest adding "Rube,Goldberg,machine" to the tags.

>> ^rellik:

That wasn't a real lens. It was the Canon promo mug that looked like a lens. So no worries.

I had the same reaction as @MarineGunrock, thanks for putting my nerves at ease.

OK. I take your meaning about proof of concept for the 3D glass printer thing, but for this particular one, at no time will consumers at large accept paper products with burn marks around the edges. They'll have to be cut off, and then it would make more sense just to cut it with a blade in the first place. Now, that blade could be sun-powered, but that's a different concept.>> ^MaxWilder:

>> ^messenger:
Calling this eco is like calling a Rube Goldberg machine efficient. Just because it uses solar panels doesn't mean it's environmentally friendly.
All that plastic and metal, on top of that driving out to the desert and back, not to mention all the materials consumed in designing it, to do with solar power in a few hours what you can do better in a couple minutes at home with a pair of scissors and a hole-punch.

Wow, you are so missing the point. This guy is doing proof of concepts. Of course it would take resources to set up, but once it is, you could use nothing but solar energy to do what factories are burning fossil fuels to do. Indefinitely.
Of course his machines are very crude, but his goal is to get people thinking about utilizing free and abundant resources of the desert. Others can refine the ideas however they might want to apply it.

>> ^messenger:

Calling this eco is like calling a Rube Goldberg machine efficient. Just because it uses solar panels doesn't mean it's environmentally friendly.
All that plastic and metal, on top of that driving out to the desert and back, not to mention all the materials consumed in designing it, to do with solar power in a few hours what you can do better in a couple minutes at home with a pair of scissors and a hole-punch.


Wow, you are so missing the point. This guy is doing proof of concepts. Of course it would take resources to set up, but once it is, you could use nothing but solar energy to do what factories are burning fossil fuels to do. Indefinitely.

Of course his machines are very crude, but his goal is to get people thinking about utilizing free and abundant resources of the desert. Others can refine the ideas however they might want to apply it.

Upvote for the Rube Goldberg machine-ness of it all.

Calling this * eco is like calling a Rube Goldberg machine efficient. Just because it uses solar panels doesn't mean it's environmentally friendly.

All that plastic and metal, on top of that driving out to the desert and back, not to mention all the materials consumed in designing it, to do with solar power in a few hours what you can do better in a couple minutes at home with a pair of scissors and a hole-punch.

Yes, there is resetting involved. The balls around 1:10 that get pushed off for example. I think there are also a few blocks that obstruct the roll of the ball as well.

>> ^Stormsinger:

Finally, a Rube Goldberg device with an actual purpose! And you don't even have to reset the parts to use it again...just drop another ball.