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April 20, 2011 12:12 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/cWlt011mNNg/behold-the-worlds-mo.html
Behold: The world's most complicated Rube Goldberg machine
It may not portray the most accurate representation of science (or history), but this Rube Goldberg machine designed by engineering students at Purdue does tell a compelling story, and, with 244 steps to water a single flower, it does earn the title of World's Most Complicated Rube Goldberg contraption—edging out previous record holders at Michigan's Ferris State University, who'd built a machine with 230 steps. Popular Mechanics has an inside look at the machine, and how it was created. Video link...Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/cWlt011mNNg/behold-the-worlds-mo.html
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