Monday Diversion: The Illini's Award-Winning Rube Goldberg Contraption

Yesterday, we mentioned the University of Illinois's second place finish at this year's national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, held at Purdue University (as well as Wheaton's Tom Hildreth being a member of the champions from St. Olaf College in Minnesota). Today, we have a video of the Illini's machine, called "The Scene of the Crime," showing us step-by-step how the U of I's contraption works. It's based on the board game "Clue" and it's purpose - for this year's competition - was to replace an incandescent light bulb with a more energy-efficient, light-emitting design. Awesome.