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Parts of the machine built by the New Bridge School team, the "Goldberg Knights." (Joshua Wineholt / The Signpost)

Rube Goldberg machine contest builds engineers of the future

Zac Watts January 19, 2018

High school, junior high and elementary school students came together Jan. 19 for an annual Utah Air Force Association and Weber State University Rube Goldberg Competition. Designed to make the simplest...

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Kids create contraptions to dish out breakfast

Chris Nichols January 13, 2018

Weber State University will host a live Rube Goldberg-machine-building contest on Jan. 19. A Rube Goldberg machine is a purposely complicated contraption that uses multiple materials sequentially activated...

The teams were divided based on age. There were five division one teams and five division two teams. (Gabe Cerritos / The Signpost)

WSU hosts Rube Goldberg, brings in engineers of tomorrow

Michael Bunderson December 18, 2015

The Shepherd Union ballrooms transformed into a young engineer's paradise Friday as Weber State University hosted the 2015 Rube Goldberg challenge, which could be considered a DIY mechanism building...

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