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Purdue Students Win Rube Goldberg Contest

Posted by kdawson on from the lucrative-offers-from-mickey-dee dept.

Dekortage writes "How long does it take to make a burger? Students from Purdue University's Society of Professional Engineers won the 2008 Rube Goldberg contest with a device that requires 156 steps to assemble a burger. According to the team captain, 'We put 4,000 to 5,000 man-hours into this machine since September, and all the hard work has been well worth it.' That's a long time to wait for dinner." Here's a video of the winning entry in operation.

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  1. Bad camerawork by Kelz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I couldn't help but notice that with the crappy camerawork you have no idea what process is going on at once. Can anyone find a better video?

  2. Re:nice by Hatta · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh wise one, what would you have us spend our hours doing? Does there have to be a point to do something fun?

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