Although somebody can set up a Rube Goldberg machine for any reason whatsoever, the best use-cases—we’d argue, at least—involve food. Even if that food is for squirrels, as it is in the RGM in the ...

A fierce man appeared, ``Since we could not find a machine that automatically comes out candy, we modified an automatic feeding machine for cats so that sweets that humans can eat come out.'' As for ...

Without it, children must completely depend on others. "Someone has to prepare the food, but the device allows more independence at meals," says Mike Woodley, a senior mechanical engineering student ...