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Rube Goldberg's Least Complicated Invention Was His Cartooning Career
By Kristina Panos: The name Rube Goldberg has long been synonymous with any overly-built contraption played for laughs that solves a simple problem through complicated means. But it might surprise you to learn that the man himself was not an engineer or inventor by trade — at least, not for long.
Popular Science
In the June 1923 issue of Popular Science, Rube Goldberg aspires to 'invent something useful.'
The New York Times
A Rube Goldberg Hand-Washing Contraption? The Race Is On
The New Yorker
Fall Art Preview
CBS News Sunday Morning
Rube Goldberg contraptions: Do try this at home!
BBC News
Why are we fascinated by Rube Goldberg contraptions?
CNN
You've never seen a Rube Goldberg machine THIS slow
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
National High School Rube Goldberg Champions
Wall Street Journal
‘The Art of Rube Goldberg’ Review: The Machinery of Humor
The Guardian
Rube Goldberg: celebrating a remarkable life of cartoons and creations
Today
Dad's amazing Rube Goldberg machine gender reveal wins the internet
The New York Times Review of Books
The subversive joy and nonsense of comics
Authority Magazine
Rube Goldberg Granddaughter Fashion Designer Jennifer George: “How we can use the zeitgeist of Rube Goldberg to engage more young people in STEM”
CBC/Radio-Canada
Bored? Rube Goldberg's granddaughter wants you to build an elaborate soap machine
Lifehacker
Now Is the Time to Build a Ridiculous Contraption
The Telegraph
The man behind the contraptions: how Rube Goldberg found the cure for self-isolation boredom
Digital Journal
Can Minecraft be used as an Educational Tool?
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Zackbummboing
Smithsonian Magazine
Queens Museum Brings Rube Goldberg Machine to Life
Lohud
Rube Goldberg: His popularity is on the rise due to pandemic, Minecraft collaboration
Rocketboom
Who is Rube Goldberg? Where do his contraptions come from?
CBC/Radio-Canada
Bored? Rube Goldberg's granddaughter wants you to build an elaborate soap machine
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons 2022 Schedule Announcement — Rube Goldberg Machine