Purdue Students Win Rube Goldberg Contest
Drew Wischer, left, and Shawn Jordan of Purdue celebrate a successful run of their machine.
Image source: USA Today / Dave Umberger / Purdue News Service
Image source: USA Today / Dave Umberger / Purdue News Service
An AP newswire article, via USA Today, reports that:
Purdue University students won the 18th national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Saturday by proving disposing of sheets of paper isn't always simple.More here.
Students from the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers devised the most arbitrarily complex method of individually cutting or shredding five sheets of paper.
The team, which gave Purdue its fourth straight national title in the event, used 215 steps to accomplish this year's design task — nearly 11 times the 20 steps required in the event.
posted by Fergie @ 4/04/2006 05:25:00 PM
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