Comments on: Kids' Rube Goldberg machine http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 03:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Promethean Sky http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876289 Promethean Sky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876289 I'm going to email that to my 5 year old niece, she loves building stuff like that. And yes, she does have her own email account. Go figure. I’m going to email that to my 5 year old niece, she loves building stuff like that. And yes, she does have her own email account. Go figure.

]]> By: obeyken http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876315 obeyken Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876315 That made my afternoon. That made my afternoon.

]]> By: wolfiesma http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876319 wolfiesma Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876319 Oh, how funny. We just signed up for a class like this. The kids learn about levers and pulleys and other simple machines and I think the class culminates with the construction of a mousetrap-contraption like this one. It's a great education model (hands-on learning and all that) and its a good business model, too. People are going to want to take their kids to extra-curricular classes even when they cut other things from the budget. I could see a lot more classes and camps and other alternative education programs like this one doing very well in places with lots of kids, which is pretty much everywhere. Oh, how funny. We just signed up for a class like this. The kids learn about levers and pulleys and other simple machines and I think the class culminates with the construction of a mousetrap-contraption like this one. It’s a great education model (hands-on learning and all that) and its a good business model, too. People are going to want to take their kids to extra-curricular classes even when they cut other things from the budget. I could see a lot more classes and camps and other alternative education programs like this one doing very well in places with lots of kids, which is pretty much everywhere.

]]> By: randem http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876327 randem Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876327 Video is 1:36... 0:40 of intro titles, and 0:30 of credits at the end. Why not just post a 20-second video of actual content? Video is 1:36… 0:40 of intro titles, and 0:30 of credits at the end.

Why not just post a 20-second video of actual content?

]]> By: JonathanM http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-878892 JonathanM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-878892 That's my deck, and yes the spiral slide is permanently affixed. It was easier and more fun than building real steps. Next up is the wire/rope monkey bridge from the deck to the second story of the playhouse...eventually when there's time. That’s my deck, and yes the spiral slide is permanently affixed. It was easier and more fun than building real steps. Next up is the wire/rope monkey bridge from the deck to the second story of the playhouse…eventually when there’s time.

]]> By: Mikala http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876596 Mikala Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876596 Wow, thanks for the shout out, Cory -- how nice to discover we are "one of the great Good Things of our era!" Just FYI, it wasn't exactly a camp, more like moms getting together to find something entertaining for our kids (and ourselves) to do so we wouldn't all murder each other the week before school started. As for the credits -- sorry they're so long. They were created to give our usual audience (friends and family) a little context, and a taste of the building anticipation we ourselves experienced as the project progressed. I would definitely advise those of you who found yourselves getting impatient during those interminable 37 seconds *never* to attempt to build a Rube Goldberg machine of your own... Cheers, and thanks again! Mikala PS: You might also enjoy our homemade pinball machine: http://kiddewoodward.blogspot.com/2010/05/it-rained-all-weekend-and-now-we-are.html Wow, thanks for the shout out, Cory — how nice to discover we are “one of the great Good Things of our era!”

Just FYI, it wasn’t exactly a camp, more like moms getting together to find something entertaining for our kids (and ourselves) to do so we wouldn’t all murder each other the week before school started.

As for the credits — sorry they’re so long. They were created to give our usual audience (friends and family) a little context, and a taste of the building anticipation we ourselves experienced as the project progressed. I would definitely advise those of you who found yourselves getting impatient during those interminable 37 seconds *never* to attempt to build a Rube Goldberg machine of your own…

Cheers, and thanks again!

Mikala

PS: You might also enjoy our homemade pinball machine:

http://kiddewoodward.blogspot.com/2010/05/it-rained-all-weekend-and-now-we-are.html

]]> By: OldRipbeak http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876858 OldRipbeak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876858 It looks like the spiral slide is a permanent feature of their deck! That is an awesome idea! It looks like the spiral slide is a permanent feature of their deck! That is an awesome idea!

]]> By: pg34 http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876351 pg34 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876351 This one time at Rube Goldberg camp ... This one time at Rube Goldberg camp …

]]> By: Astragali http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876876 Astragali Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876876 I love Rube Goldberg-type stuff... and the fervently whispered "Please work... please work..." right at the start was endearing :) I love Rube Goldberg-type stuff… and the fervently whispered “Please work… please work…” right at the start was endearing :)

]]> By: MichaelRN http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876371 MichaelRN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876371 1:03-1:07 might just be one of the greatest expressions of joy ever seen. 1:03-1:07 might just be one of the greatest expressions of joy ever seen.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876647 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876647 Thoroughly loved all the excitement and jumping for joy at the end. Thoroughly loved all the excitement and jumping for joy at the end.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876410 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876410 Seriously brought tears to my eyes. That was time well-spent. Seriously brought tears to my eyes.

That was time well-spent.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876958 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876958 Kids these days overjoyed at science? If that's not a cause of hope, I don't know what is. Kids these days overjoyed at science? If that’s not a cause of hope, I don’t know what is.

]]> By: Steaming Pile http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876449 Steaming Pile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876449 I hate it when I watch a YouTube video that takes up 30-plus seconds of a 90-second clip with the frickin' INTRO. That's right up there on the annoyance scale with TYPING IN ALL CAPS. Seriously, people, get a clue and just show the damn clip. It's ten times as funny without the shlepping introduction, which took 35 seconds to show, but maybe ten (max) to read. I hate it when I watch a YouTube video that takes up 30-plus seconds of a 90-second clip with the frickin’ INTRO. That’s right up there on the annoyance scale with TYPING IN ALL CAPS. Seriously, people, get a clue and just show the damn clip. It’s ten times as funny without the shlepping introduction, which took 35 seconds to show, but maybe ten (max) to read.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876725 CH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876725 That was the sweetest thing ever. And yes, the pure joy at the end brought tears to my eyes, too! But what's with the grumpy people here? It's not as you have to watch everything, just skip to the action if you suffer from short attention span. I liked that the video gave a context for what we were going to see, and I really enjoyed the end credits. That was the sweetest thing ever. And yes, the pure joy at the end brought tears to my eyes, too!

But what’s with the grumpy people here? It’s not as you have to watch everything, just skip to the action if you suffer from short attention span. I liked that the video gave a context for what we were going to see, and I really enjoyed the end credits.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876728 CH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876728 Oh, I watched the homemade pinball machine, and that was even more awesome. At the begining I thought that oh, that would be so fun to make with my daughter and one could just keep improving it and make it even more awesome. And then the video showed how it evolved! Truly fun video, and your kids are really great inventors!!! Oh, I watched the homemade pinball machine, and that was even more awesome. At the begining I thought that oh, that would be so fun to make with my daughter and one could just keep improving it and make it even more awesome. And then the video showed how it evolved!

Truly fun video, and your kids are really great inventors!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876477 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876477 Awesome! I'm 61 and have been trying to think of good ways to get kids interested in science and engineering in a positive way. If I was exposed to that experience in the video, at that age (3 to 6 or whatever), I would probably rule the world by now. But in a totally cool way. Awesome!

I’m 61 and have been trying to think of good ways to get kids interested in science and engineering in a positive way.

If I was exposed to that experience in the video, at that age (3 to 6 or whatever), I would probably rule the world by now.

But in a totally cool way.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876748 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876748 Looks more like Rube camp to me. Looks more like Rube camp to me.

]]> By: adwkiwi http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876752 adwkiwi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876752 <i>I would definitely advise those of you who found yourselves getting impatient during those interminable 37 seconds *never* to attempt to build a Rube Goldberg machine of your own...</i> Mikala 1, Internet grouches 0 :v That video is awesome and you guys look like you have a lot of fun :) I would definitely advise those of you who found yourselves getting impatient during those interminable 37 seconds *never* to attempt to build a Rube Goldberg machine of your own…
Mikala 1, Internet grouches 0 :v

That video is awesome and you guys look like you have a lot of fun :)

]]> By: Eric Ragle http://boingboing.net/2010/09/02/kids-rube-goldberg-m.html#comment-876501 Eric Ragle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-876501 Ha! There is just nothing better than the reaction of kids to science-in-action. Quick story: My son went through a phase of being a very independent 5 year old. He had to get and do everything for himself with no help. One day he told me he was going to make himself something to drink. I asked if he wanted help but I knew he would say no. So I followed him into the kitchen and watched him struggle to reach the cups in the cabinet. He reached and reached but just couldn't get a cup. Finally, just as if it was second nature, he took both fists and banged on the counter top--resulting in a plastic cup tumbling out of the cabinet. You would have thought he did stuff like that all of the time. He just picked up the cup, blew it off, then headed to the fridge. Kids + science = great times Ha! There is just nothing better than the reaction of kids to science-in-action.

Quick story: My son went through a phase of being a very independent 5 year old. He had to get and do everything for himself with no help. One day he told me he was going to make himself something to drink. I asked if he wanted help but I knew he would say no.

So I followed him into the kitchen and watched him struggle to reach the cups in the cabinet. He reached and reached but just couldn’t get a cup. Finally, just as if it was second nature, he took both fists and banged on the counter top–resulting in a plastic cup tumbling out of the cabinet. You would have thought he did stuff like that all of the time. He just picked up the cup, blew it off, then headed to the fridge.

Kids + science = great times

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