there has GOT to be an easier way to turn a newspaper page...

[Darren Dirt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOMIBdM6N7Q

makes me think of that OKGO video. Only this one seems to have more violent destruction in (plus a live rodent participates!)

[Mr. Analog]

That was brilliant!

[Darren Dirt]

about the artist and the art: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/nyregion/brooklyns-joseph-herscher-and-his-rube-goldberg-machines.html


He also did a less-stylish (but still mechanically AMAZING) "machine" for ... watering a plant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14N9Jlpjg1w




and of course the Related Videos rabbit hole gets you to some pretty freakin' cool stuff.
Mechanical Principles = coolness! GEARS: they're not just for circles anymore! (one practical application: a PURELY MECHANICAL (i.e. not "computerized") walking machine.)

[Thorin]

That was a cute hamster, too bad it had to get hot to get moved...  Although that's better than electrocution, I suppose.