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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.

3 of 105 comments (clear)

  1. Rube "Golberg"? by Tetsujin · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Missing a "d" in the headline, are we?

    I could sell you one, if you like...

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    Bow-ties are cool.
  2. Geez by cromar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Geez... 14 comments and the vid's already slow as molasses dripping from December scrotae.

  3. That's nice, but by Sta7ic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    how many steps does it take to boot up Linux on a Rube Goldberg machine?