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Who is Rube Goldberg?
Rube Goldberg was an
American cartoonist whose work made gentle fun of America's fascination with
technology at the turn of the century. (1900!) He was a sportswriter and
cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle
and the San Francisco Bulletin. He also
briefly worked for the New York Evening Mail,
creating three long-running comic strips. His most popular drawings depicted complex gadgets that performed even the
simplest tasks in convoluted, elaborate ways, known as Rube Goldberg machines.
Goldberg has had his inventions imitated by many others including a contemporary rock band, Ok Go. Visit this link to see a Goldberg-ish machine in act Text Source: "Rube Goldberg." 2012. The Biography Channel website. Dec 2012, http://www.biography.com/people/rube-goldberg-9314372.
Rube Goldberg Machine in Boston! There is an amazing real Rube Goldberg machine at Logan Airport in Boston! It had lots of odd noises and sounds. |