In 99 percent of cases, saying that an invention is an enormous waste of time would be a negative. In the instance of Rube Goldberg machines, it’s precisely the point. Heck, the more time it wastes, ...

We all know what it means to procrastinate, but what about actively spending time building a useless machine? You have undoubtedly seen the ornamental boxes with a tempting little toggle switch on the ...

If you've seen the recent viral video where three little girls turn their stereotypically girly toys into an awesome Rube Goldberg machine – while a revamped version of the Beastie Boys song "Girls" ...

There isn’t anyone on the planet who can deny the pleasure of watching a good Rube Goldberg machine. For those of you who don’t know, Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist, often referred to as the ...

What is a Rube Goldberg machine? We've all seen one if not tried to make our own. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a "Rube Goldberg" is defined as "a comically involved, complicated ...

Rube Goldberg Workshop is now available on Quest, letting you make tons of different crazy—dare we say—Rube Goldbergian machines. Built on Quest’s Presence platform, users can choose to play either in ...

Although somebody can set up a Rube Goldberg machine for any reason whatsoever, the best use-cases—we’d argue, at least—involve food. Even if that food is for squirrels, as it is in the RGM in the ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Most ...

Many people know Rube Goldberg as an adjective — a shorthand description for a convoluted device or contraption. But Rube Goldberg was a real person — one who earned a Pulitzer Prize for editorial ...

SEATTLE—When most Americans think of the dawn of the engineering era, they probably think less of specific devices or factories and more of one pop-culture icon who was obsessed with them: Rube ...

GeekMom Jessamyn reported last week on the end of the annual Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the impact of fear-based parenting. My family never did egg hunts, and as an adult I ...

One advantage that basketball has over many other sports is that it’s pretty convenient. You don’t need to a ton of equipment or room to play: You can put up a cheap hoop in your driveway, get ...