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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. Re:would you like fries with that? by Van+Cutter+Romney · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Youtube ... give me a farting panda!

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  2. Obligatory Samuel L. Jackson Quote by whoisjoe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is a tasty burger!