Colossal: The latest humorous invention by Joseph Herscher designed to maintain social distancing practices during a meal might abide by the six-foot rule, but it definitely requires a little bit of patience, especially for those who are super hungry. The Rube Goldberg-esque sequence in “Pass The Pepper: Social Distancing is Nothing to Sneeze At” spans about five minutes in a ridiculous series of reactions that include balls rolling down shoots, spaghetti cooking half-way, and a horrifying coffee spill on an open laptop.
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I really like watching videos of Rube machines online because I think these people are so creative. And really they don’t get much out of making these machines in their houses besides a little bit of internet fame and I admire that. They really just do it because they can, it is probably fun for them, and especially now it seems like everyone has a lot of time of their hands. I thought this machine was really fun because it felt more homemade and made out of found objects than some of the other ones I have seen. This guy really did not care about making a mess or anything he just wanted to make a cool machine. I thought It was so much fun that there was a theme and a lot of the objects he used were kitchen things. At the very end though the only thing I could think was how much pepper was getting put on his food.
Watching Rube Goldberg machines are very interesting! I always love to see the creativity in each machine and how much effort was spent in creating these machines to work perfectly for the camera. This 5-minute-long machine was very inventive, with boiling spaghetti, coffee spilling onto a laptop, and common kitchen utensils being used to progress balls forward in order to pass the salt across many tables. This video has a sister video called "Passing the Salt" and is equally interesting to watch. Both videos use a lot of parallel paths and circular paths as well to create a forward moving machine. In the salt machine one, there was an entire table that used rolling fruit in a chain reaction that finally pushed a ball onto the next table. I wonder how long both machines took to design, make, and perfect. For the guys who made it, I'm sure it didn't matter how long it took, as with quarantines and isolation during the pandemic, many people have a lot more time to create fun machines.
That pouring coffee mug in the article’s first gif made me really nervous....it was right next to the laptop...Anyway, I really enjoyed the Rube Goldberg videos. They are so satisfying to watch because it’s crazy that people made a machine like that. Also, it is a good comedic take on the new social distancing rules for the particular videos mentioned in the article. They really do show how creative people really are. They used objects that can be found in an ordinary home. It testifies how we can make something out of anything. I was really amazed by how these people managed to engineer motions that seem entirely spontaneous, like the rotation of a mug. I’m still bummed out that our class didn’t get to build our rube machine. We had some pretty complicated mechanisms planned for my group that would've been so exciting to see them work. But it was really fun to figure out something at home and have it pieced together digitally!
This is, hands down, one of THE best rube goldberg machines that I have ever seen. I think it’s particularly hilarious that with the world being stuck inside because of covid, that rube goldbergs from home supplies are trending on the internet. The kick is that it all happened right as we were doing our rube assignment! My favorite ones to watch are the ones with a sense of humor, and Herscher’s definitely did not disappoint. My personal favorite moments were the half cooked spaghetti flip and the spinning cake with tracks cut out. I really wonder if this was the only trial, because this machine would’ve been so hard to reset every time if something didn’t work (especially the entire table flip). As someone who isn’t very good at engineering like this, I really appreciate seeing clever uses of materials and such precise movements. It’s really inspiring to see people still creating during a tough time.
I absolutely LOVE Joseph's Machines. I first discovered him a couple of years back, from his video of a Rube Goldberg machine to turn the page of a newspaper he was reading. I actually drew a lot of inspiration from him for my remote critical path project. I am not very good at creation and engineering, so he was a great help because of the varied choices he makes. What I find most remarkable about Joseph's machines are the steps that take a long time to complete. They are slow but reliable, and that's not something I would ever think to do and probably wouldn't be able to achieve due to my distinct lack of patience. To that end, I'm a bit disappointed that my class didn't get to construct Rube in person, as I feel like a big group collaboration would have forced me to keep my head on a little longer than I would like.
I discovered Joseph's Machines while researching for the critical path project and I was astounded by how intricate and clever his designs were with conventional household items. They're genus! So much so that I got sucked down a little rabbit hole of watching his Rube Goldberg machines. Something I wonder about is his setup for filming. Assuming the entire thing is filmed in one continuous take, how many cameras is he setting up along the way to get all the action in. I wonder what his process is, it must take a ridiculous amount of time to come up with how all the elements interact with each other, let alone troubleshoot. In this video, he spills coffee on a computer. Does this mean that these are all one try? I wonder what his resetting process is like. Another big moment that stands out to me is the one where the huge weight flips the table over and exposes a carpeted floor! That wine spills all over! I wonder what his clean up process is like.
I have always been fascinated by Rube Goldberg machines, especially creative ones which utilize common objects in the completely wrong way. I first saw Joseph Herscher and his Instagram/YouTube channel “Joseph’s Machines” a couple years ago and was instantly drawn in by his clever approach to Rube Goldberg machines and the stories that go along with them. The machine in the article, “Pass the Pepper” is fun and relevant as it is minding the current world situation and picks fun and the idea of social distancing. The machine is in no way an actual practical method of passing a pepper shaker from one end of a table to the other, but the way that he makes some of the modules is sincerely impressive. There is one point in the machine where three different balls pass through the same rotating cake of sorts and emerge on different paths. The trial and error that must go into his machines is impressive. I’ve only dabbled a bit into Rube Goldberg machines myself, primarily with the critical path project, and I have so much more respect for Herscher after that because I now know just how much time and effort goes into a tiny machine, much less one on Herscher’s scale.
Wow. I'm incredibly impressed by this machine. The entire time I was extremely entertained. I will definitely be checking out Herscher's other videos as I absolutely love watching the different and creative ways Rube Goldberg machines are made. I can only imagine how much design as well as trial and error it took in order to make this machine work. I hope that they didn't spill coffee on the laptop each time. That part made me gasp as I have no idea how many attempts it took to get the funnel placed in the perfect spot to catch the coffee as the mug tilted over. This Rube Goldberg machine was so incredibly intricate, I had to rewind it quite a few times throughout the video in order to actually understand what had just happened and what triggered what. The entire thing was so exact and it's amazing that Herscher was able to come up with this. Also I cannot imagine the cleanup that had to take place in order to reset the table flip should something had not worked at that moment. I loved the entire thing.
This was so much fun to watch! I think that most people above me agree, but I can definitely say that Rube Goldberg Machines are consistently so much fun to watch. This one is very intricate and cool, so watching it is a pleasure. I love that it starts out by teasing you and making you think the cup will pour into the spoon (at least I did), but then it doesn't and you are relieved that nothing got on the computer, just for it to loop around and pour it. I think that that is part of the comedic genius of this machine. I loved each one of these videos, all made from common objects, all intricate, and very interesting and fun to watch! I definitely have a newfound appreciation for this type of project after having to do rube at home, and having trouble brainstorming how to make each step with the stuff i have at home. So many people have time on their hands, Im glad they are using it creatively!
This Rube Goldberg machine is so much fun to watch and super impressive! After just finishing our Rube for production planning class I can understand how much effort this must have taken! And, this guy's machine is five minutes long which is crazy compared to each of our short clips and just as long as our whole machine! I also noticed that besides a few things, he used almost all of the same processes that we used in our Rube Goldberg machine. The machine was made of all simple household items.
As much as I was sad that we could not make our Rube Goldberg project in person, I think we were able to make some really fun that we will remember and keep forever! It was tricky trying to figure out how to do it remotely, but we were able to communicate with one another to achieve each beginning and end step and I think that made it even better than if we had just done our own tiny machines that had nothing to do with one another.
Watching well-done Rube Goldberg videos is so fun, which is weird considering just how much stress the Rube project brings to the freshman DPs every year. But I think actually doing one ourselves has given me a new appreciation for them, because I know intimately how many tries this thing must have taken and how much work it must have been to set up and reset, and even to come up with ideas for what the steps should be. It’s been interesting to see how many of these have popped up online in the past couple weeks, which most likely stems from boredom and a desire to be doing something while stuck in the house. I enjoyed watching this one and was really impressed by some of the steps, which either took a long time to complete or would require an insane amount of reset work, which makes me wonder how many times they needed to try this - I’m sure there were many smaller trials involved, but even to reset the full machine a couple of times would have been a lot of work.
Keen actually turned me on to Joseph’s Machines while we were working on conceptualizing for our part of the critical path project in Production Planning. They are always so cool to watch and it still blows my mind that almost everything is something that everyone would have in their house. I can not imagine the trial and error of literally all of his Rube Goldberg machines because of how involved they all are. That is definitely what would deter me from doing something so involved is the intricacy of making it work consistently. My favorite “trick” that he uses is when something does a sort of “slow burn”; when there is a step that takes a long time to get from “Point A” to “Point B” and there is a sort of suspense building up because you are not quite sure whether it will actually complete.
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