Video: Student mobile journalist visits campus Rube Goldberg contest
March 4, 2009
How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? Inspired by the "Inventions" cartoons by the late Reuben Lucius Goldberg, this annual "Olympics of Complexity" challenges students nationwide to design a machine that completes a simple task in a complicated way. This year's national challenge: replace an incandescent light bulb with a more energy-efficient, light-emitting design.
Mobile journalist Britany Gallagher reports; watch her video here.