Comments on: Rube Goldberg http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/03/rube-goldberg/ mind/tech bazar from outer space Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: jean-baptiste http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/03/rube-goldberg/#comment-433203 jean-baptiste Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:11:21 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/03/rube-goldberg/#comment-433203 The mid-19th century israelo-colombian interaction design laboratory zazaziza also created interesting machines inspired by rube goldberg visions: http://www.zazaziza.com/fornogoodreason/2007/04/16/the-theory-of-everything-as-a-rube-goldberg-machine-sketch/ The mid-19th century israelo-colombian interaction design laboratory zazaziza also created interesting machines inspired by rube goldberg visions: http://www.zazaziza.com/fornogoodreason/2007/04/16/the-theory-of-everything-as-a-rube-goldberg-machine-sketch/

]]> By: ville http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/03/rube-goldberg/#comment-433066 ville Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:35:41 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/03/rube-goldberg/#comment-433066 Rube Goldberg machines seem to encompass what Jack Schulze calls a <a href="http://schulzeandwebb.com/blog/2006/11/02/celebration-of-function/" rel="nofollow">celebration of function</a>. These things are (at least for me) interesting as they present something totally in opposition to the mainstream usability discourse and the notion of invisible technology. What is the ubicomp equivalent of a Rube Goldberg machine or can there be one? It should be more than just <a href="http://www.ist-palcom.org/" rel="nofollow">palpable computing</a> or <a href="http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~matthew/DCS/Welcome.html" rel="nofollow">seamful design</a>. Rube Goldberg machines seem to encompass what Jack Schulze calls a celebration of function. These things are (at least for me) interesting as they present something totally in opposition to the mainstream usability discourse and the notion of invisible technology. What is the ubicomp equivalent of a Rube Goldberg machine or can there be one? It should be more than just palpable computing or seamful design.

]]> By: John Marshall http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/03/rube-goldberg/#comment-433064 John Marshall Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:19:26 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2007/08/03/rube-goldberg/#comment-433064 Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, college students nationwide compete to design a machine that uses the most complex process to complete a simple task - put a stamp on an envelope, screw in a light bulb, make a cup of coffee - in 20 or more steps. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/rube/rube.index.html See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Robinson Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, college students nationwide compete to design a machine that uses the most complex process to complete a simple task - put a stamp on an envelope, screw in a light bulb, make a cup of coffee - in 20 or more steps.

http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/rube/rube.index.html

See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Robinson

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