Rube Goldberg Reflection

     Our task was to create a Rube Goldberg device to trigger something as simple as opening a book, making a coffee, or even just turning on a light. Our idea for our Rube Goldberg device was to have it turn the page in a book, using 15 steps. We started by drawing our design, and then we started building it. We started with dominoes as our first step, triggered by a swinging pendulum. The dominoes then went on to knock a marble out of its track, which went down a slide, knocking a weight off the table. this weight was then supposed to trigger a series of events which eventually ended with a piece of string pulling the page over.

     We were unable to actually finish our Rube Goldberg because of the fact that other classes and groups kept taking parts from our project making it impossible to make any progress. Our group worked pretty well together. We all participated, and helped each other through every step in the project. I liked the idea of the project and I wouldn't mind doing something like it again in the future.