Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Hey,
I was thinking and looking at Rube Goldberg machines and here are some ideas for the final end point and some steps
Final End Point
1. Opening an umbrella- this would be easy because all you would have to do is get one of those umbrellas that you press the button and it shoots open. And then all you would need to do is have something press the button or fall on the button.
2. Knocking down some dominos - this could be done with a marble or something like that which could be sent down a little slide

Some steps that i thought of:
-send a marble down a slide which hits the domino (or something like that) that releases a string connected to a heavy object which falls onto something (could be a button or could be that pottery wheel)

1 comment:

Stephanie Zoutenbier said...

The umbrella one is cool :] We'd have to make a kind of holder/harness for it so it stays upright, know what I mean? Because when you have one of those clicky umbrella, you kinda of get a backlash from when it clicks and locks open.
Wow. that sounded scientific. haha