Zach Umperovitch, a Purdue alumnus, (far left) and co-host Richard Hammond (left) observe contestants and their Rube Goldberg machines on the set of "Crazy Contraptions." WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Zach ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A team of Purdue University engineering students has won the annual Rube Goldberg Machine contest with an absurdly complex contraption for changing the batteries in a ...
The Purdue Society of Professional Engineers took first place and won the People's Choice Award Saturday during the annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. This year's ...
Decades after Mr. Goldberg, a cartoonist, died, artists and engineers have found creative inspiration in his outlandish inventions. By Sam Corbin What’s the simplest way to open a can? Faced with this ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Zach Umperovitch, a 2011 Purdue alumnus, recently debuted "Crazy Contraptions," a competition show that focuses on the fun and intricate engineering involved in Rube Goldberg ...
A team that designed a machine that took 300 steps to accomplish 25 different tasks has won this year's regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. The team from Purdue Society of Professional Engineers ...