04-04-2008, 02:07 AM
04-04-2008, 03:15 AM
too bad it didn't make breakfast like in peewee's big adventure. 
04-04-2008, 07:49 AM
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04-04-2008, 08:33 AM
It's a pretty old video but very impressing.
I just wanna know how long it took them to do all that
I just wanna know how long it took them to do all that
04-04-2008, 09:14 AM
With the Honda video, I couldn't imagine tires actually being able to go up an incline the way they did near the beginning.
04-04-2008, 10:34 AM
this is actually one of the longer ones ive seen, and its impressive.
in science olympiads we only had to do a small thing within certain dimensions to either light a candle or something to that effect. in my ap physics class, we had a large one like this turn on a radio. it completely covered the back and sides of our classroom, and all of our teachers other classes came in when we finally launched it (they saw it while it was being built, and they were curious). took almost an entire month to get it done, but it worked on the last day ^^
in science olympiads we only had to do a small thing within certain dimensions to either light a candle or something to that effect. in my ap physics class, we had a large one like this turn on a radio. it completely covered the back and sides of our classroom, and all of our teachers other classes came in when we finally launched it (they saw it while it was being built, and they were curious). took almost an entire month to get it done, but it worked on the last day ^^
04-04-2008, 11:12 AM
Clearly they had a looooooooooooot of time on their hands. That reminds me of the one episode of Family Guy where Peter tried to rig one of those things and ended up stabbing himself. I almost wanna try making one of those myself.
04-04-2008, 03:57 PM
I would love to try something like that! But don't you think it would take a long time to set back up?
04-04-2008, 08:27 PM
to set back up? depends. some of the things could be as easy as flipping something backwards and pushing a pin into place then replacing the marble, but some things like retying and replacing a new string that got burnt or cut in the exact right place or putting the slinky in the right place so it falls down the stairs just right can be a pain. Rube Goldberg contraptions are SO much fun to make, and can be as simple as a 3-step process to press a button without touching the remote to as advanced as the one in the video.
<3 mousetrap :3
<3 mousetrap :3
04-04-2008, 11:12 PM
to get the tires to go up the incline you have to weight the top so when it gets nudged the falling weight has enough force to roll the tire up the ramp to the next one
04-05-2008, 07:47 AM
thoes are amazing, imagine all the math and science time this took...