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Pitagora Suicchi - Rube Goldberg Machine
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Today to posted this video on my blog because this was part of my summer research and I think that it shows what tom and I are trying to acomplish. The video shows many different rube goldbergs and presents differnet ideas that I can glean. I think that it will help he in the future for a reference to look back on.

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Rube Goldbergs are common forms of entertainment used in many aspects of every day life. One example of a Rube Goldberg is the game mouse trap which is a game where you make a device to catch the “mouse”, which is a marble. Other people make them for entertainment, for example in the video below an artist uses the Rube Goldberg as a form of entertainment.

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 Mood                                                                              

            I believe that the machine should look inviting and very entertaining. With out this sense of invitation or a feeling of entertainment I think that the device is a failure. The Rube Goldberg should look like a carnival game or a ride to attract customers to it. The most importing thing about it is that it should look inviting. The machine should also look well made.

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Case

            The reason for this project is to better prepare future engineers in creating systems and to give them practice for their future. Since this system is over engineered it makes very good practice for setting up systems. Another reason it helps is because of the diverse engineering use in the project give you a feel for the type of you would want to specialize in. the third reason this project is important is because it give the undecided a chance to see if they like engineering.

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People

            Many people visit amusement parks and recreational facilities through out the year especially in the summer and the spring. At these facilities the people are there to be entertained so when they see the mundane machines of the every day they aren’t pleased. As you can see in the picture below the machine is not that entertaining. Our device will try to solve this major problem.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Lotte_World_Theme_Park.jpg

http://www.worldofstock.com/closeups/PRE14660.php

Typical Theme Park

Disney world place where you would see our vending machine

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Problem

            Many theme parks and store owners own vending machines and try to sell products out of them. The problem with the traditional vending machines is that they are bland and uninteresting. Basically the machines just give you the product you ask for which does not fit in with the theme of the amusement park. We will try to make the machines more amusing than just the dull and mundane machines of the day, like the machines bellow.

http://e-vending.com/car_care_vending_machine_32d31f13fd34c.gif

http://www.pacificcoastvending.net/

 Typical Vending Machine 1

Typical Vending Machine 2

Research

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    There is great opportunity in this project to advance my skills in structural, electrical, and mechanical engineering. Since the Rube Goldberg machine uses all of these types of engineering to accomplish its task. I will have to work with each kind of engineering to complete the final product. This final project will be a lemonade machine that will be able to make fresh lemonade and pour it into a glass. Since this machine is a Rube Goldberg it will use many parts and arbitrary machines to get it done. These parts will be used with the different fields of engineering in mind.
    In the Rube Goldberg we will use water to generate the electrical power to power the electrical parts of the  machine. The electricity will the power the different parts of the machine like the timed control of the injection if the ingredients and the crushing of the lemons.  The structure will be made to be appealing when fitting in the allotted space.  The different engineering aspect of this project will make the invaluable experience to me and tom.
    Since this project is a lot like a vending machine I think that it should look like a vending machine. It should have a rectangular shape and it should be yellow it make it easy to tell that it tells lemonade. The machine will be need to fit in common places like supermarkets and other places where vending machines. I think that you should be able to see the machine work. It should be able to reset it through a switch or some sort or lever. In summation the machine a fun creative vending machine.

Two rube goldbergs and a vending machine

http://thefulleffect.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/pizzamachine.jpg
http://gizmodo.com/376561/purdues-156+step-burger-maker-wins-rube-goldberg-contest
http://www.mousetrapcontraptions.com/cool-machines-3.html
click here to see one website on coin acceptors 
http://www.flippers.be/basics/101-coinmechs.html

Brainstorming

The definition of a rube Goldberg device is A complex device that does a simple task. This definition is vague so I feel that we have a lot of room to work with when it comes to sticking that we are making a Rube Goldberg. I think that we should make the device like a vending machine and have it be a fun vending machine that could be sold to water parks and amusements parks. I think that there also should be a tank at the to hold the water an a tank at the bottom to catch the falling water and a pump to bring it back to the top. The pump could be hand powered or an electrical power source