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| '''Rube Goldberg''' born '''Reuben Lucius Goldberg''', (], ] - ], ]) was a ], cofounder and first president of the ]. | '''Rube Goldberg''' born '''Reuben Lucius Goldberg''', (], ] - ], ]) was a ], cofounder and first president of the ]. | ||
| A '''Rube Goldberg machine''' is any exceedingly complex ] that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and |
A '''Rube Goldberg machine''' is any exceedingly complex ] that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way. Rube devised and drew several such ] devices. The term also applies as a classification for generally over-complicated apparatus or ]. | ||
| In Britain such a device would be called a ] contraption. | In Britain such a device would be called a ] contraption. | ||
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Rube Goldberg born Reuben Lucius Goldberg, (July 4, 1883 - December 7, 1970) was a cartoonist, cofounder and first president of the National Cartoonists Society.
A Rube Goldberg machine is any exceedingly complex apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted way. Rube devised and drew several such pataphysical devices. The term also applies as a classification for generally over-complicated apparatus or software.
In Britain such a device would be called a Heath Robinson contraption.
A related phenomenon is the Japanese art of useful but unusable contraptions called Chindogu.
External Links
- "The Official RUBE GOLDBERG Web Site" http://www.rubegoldberg.com/
- Pictures:Official Gallery