What is Rube Goldberg machine?
Basically Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption overly complex (built deliberately ofcourse) to do a very simple task. Like the in the example above, it goes through numerous steps which are pretty entertaining indeed, to finally put a little toothpaste on to the brush.
This competition in Tampere is to be done with everyday materials such as cardboard, paperclips, string, straws, maybe some legos, hotwheel tracks or train tracks, balloons, paper cups and plates etc etc...
Just sent out the student guidelines to follow (you know...things like what materials are not allowed even if they are cool - power tools, fire, chemicals etc). I also came to know that the IB highschool in Tampere is using this competition as their annual "big project" (like the Solar cooker project I worked on 2 years ago)...YaY!. I know kids are going to have so much fun building them. Wish I could be there to watch them but I am sure Kaarina is going to send pictures.
I will post as I get updates...
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