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Teen Tech Week 2015: Rube Goldberg Machines

Celebrate and explore technology in the Niles North Library during Teen Tech Week 2015!

Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was a Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, sculptor and author.

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In his cartoons he created elaborate machines that made simple tasks complicated.

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He never built the machines he designed, but inspired generations of engineers to create such machines that truly worked. 

Rube Goldberg Machines

Get inspired and come to the library to build a Rube Goldberg machine!

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OK GO This Too Shall Pass Music Video

90 Second Music History Lesson

National Geographic Contraption

Rube Goldberg Contest 2014 Winners