Mar. 17—RIPLEY COUNTY — The 13th annual, regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest hosted by Genesis: Pathways to Success and the Batesville Community School Corporation was held on Saturday, Feb. 24, ...

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 ...

Mesa County Valley School District 51 just held its first-ever Rube Goldberg contest, with two kids being awarded first-place finishes out of a dozen entries. The district describes the Rube Goldberg ...

CHICAGO -- A whimsical machine can help you get ready in the morning. Slowly. A team of students from the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers took the top prize at the Rube Goldberg Machine ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Science and art have been combined for years in the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at Purdue University. But the two disciplines appear to be pulling apart the engineering ...

David Cannon (from left), Alex Weaver and Matt Miller react to a flawless run of their Purdue Society of Professional Engineers/Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers machine at the Purdue local ...

Zach Umperovitch (in hat) adjusts the PSPE/SHPE machine at the local Rube Goldberg competition Saturday at Purdue. The team won the competition and will compete in the national contest March 31. Also ...

ST. ANSGAR | On Monday, Feb 22., St. Ansgar High School is hosting a 2016 Live Division II (High School) Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. This event will be the first official Rube Goldberg contest held ...