Given yesterday's Rube Goldberg theme and the upcoming Easter holiday, this combination of the two seems to be just right. more ›

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. more ›

The University of Illinois took second place at this year's national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, held at Purdue University. The team had previously won the regional competition with their "Scene of the Crime" machine based on the board game Clue (pictured above). According to the contest's website: more ›