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

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Mar 30, 2009 8:00PM

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.