What engineers do in their spare time (Ok go - This too shall pass)

[Cogman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

Holy crap, this is amazing.

http://gizmodo.com/5484736/how-ok-go-built-the-craziest-rube-goldberg-machine-yet

Edit: More info on the machine

 

[Ika]

Damn. I wonder how long it took them to perfect it, then record it. Did they record it all in one sitting? I can't tell.

 

[rcpratt]

That is freaking awesome.

The video information said the band created it along with members of Synn Labs over the course of "several months".

They must have done it all in one sitting. Lots of running, haha.

 

[Hacp]

What does this accomplish? How is this useful in any way?

 

[Ika]

What does this accomplish? How is this useful in any way?

absolutely nothing; it's not. do you know what a rube goldberg machine is?

 

[Hacp]

absolutely nothing; it's not. do you know what a rube goldberg machine is?

Is it the machine that opens and closes itself with the press of a button?

 

[zainali]

by far one of the coolest things i have ever seen. this video is crazy.

 

[TheVrolok]

Pretty sweet. I wish I could sit around all day and make things like that .. and not be broke.

 

[PottedMeat]

That was great - i wonder how many CRTs they smashed lol.


Reminded me a little of Honda Cog http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh4zWeUDW-E

 

[Bignate603]

That is one of the most extreme rube golberg machines I have ever seen. That was awesome.

 

[dennilfloss]

Full of WIN!!! I'm sure Adam Savage would love this.

 

[dennilfloss]

What does this accomplish? How is this useful in any way?

It made me smile. Endorphins are good.

 

[caddlad]

Damn. I wonder how long it took them to perfect it, then record it. Did they record it all in one sitting? I can't tell.

I notice a pile (7 - 10) of smashed TV sets.

Nice stuff.

 

[Kaido]

That was amazing, haha!

 

[Jeff7]

What does this accomplish? How is this useful in any way?

I don't know. I'll consult with Dr. Wallace, and his assistant, Gromit, P.E.

 

[F1N3ST]

Epic video.

 

[cthulhu]

That was great. I would've loved to have been part of the group that built it.

 

[Analog]

Rube Goldberg to the max.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Great job!

 

[edro]

Amazingly long... in a good way!

 

[MotF Bane]

Wow.

 

[Aharami]

the amount of planning that went into that...wow!

 

[oogabooga]

okay, that was cool. At first I was like "this is neat, but not really worth the hype?" but then as it got more and more epic and crazier I was like "jeez, maybe it's what they do in their spare time, their full time paid jobs, their friends spare time, etcetc"

 

[ViviTheMage]

hmmmm

 

[n7]

Fantabulous!