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LWC students demonstrate Rube Goldberg Machine

Presentation made to over 100 students at Taylor Co. High School
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By Duane Bonifer
News from Lindsey Wilson College

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - A group of Lindsey Wilson College students recently demonstrated how to play the popular video game "Angry Birds" the hard way.

The Lindsey Wilson Area Rube Goldberg Experience club showed off their latest invention Friday to more than 100 students at Taylor County High School.



The five LWC students and Assistant Professor of Physics Mark McKinnon created a Rube Goldberg machine that executes one move of "Angry Birds" using their namesake's principles. The machine was created from a cornucopia of supplies, including soft drink bottles, pulleys, toys, string and various household items.

Their machine takes about two minutes to propel a stuffed Angry Bird into a log-structure supporting a stuffed Pig.

Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist whose drawings showed complicated, whimsical devices to achieve a simple task.

The LWC Area Rube Goldberg Experience includes students who create Rube Goldberg-inspired machines for fun and also for learning -- McKinnon is coordinator of LWC's engineering mechanics program, and several students plan to have careers in engineering-related professions. - Duane Bonifer


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LWC students demonstrate Rube Goldberg machine



2012-11-19 - Taylor County HS, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer.
Lindsey Wilson College Area Rube Goldberg Experience members stand in front of their machine, designed to play one move of the video game "Angry Birds," Friday morning, November 16, 2012 at Taylor County High School. From left: LWC Assistant Professor of Physics Mark McKinnon, group adviser; Aaron Goode of Summer Shade, KY; Christopher Force of Campbellsville, KY; student Johnathon Keith of Columbia; student Jacob Johnson of Elkhorn, KY; student Samantha Harris of Campbellsville, KY. -Duane Bonifer. LWC photo

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LWC Students Christopher Force, Jacob Johnson adjust machine



2012-11-19 - Taylor County HS, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Lindsey Wilson College Area Rube Goldberg Experience
member Christopher Force of Campbellsville, KY, left, and Jacob Johnson of Elkhorn, KY, make adjustments to their machine before demonstrating it Friday morning to Taylor County High School students. -Duane Bonifer. LWC photo

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Angella Farmer has questions for Rube Goldberg Experience team



2012-11-19 - Taylor County HS, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Duane Bonifer. LWC photo.
Taylor County High School senior Angella Farmer
asks Lindsey Wilson College Area Rube Goldberg Experience member Jacob Johnson of Elkhorn, KY, and LWC Assistant Professor of Physics Mark McKinnon a question about their machine Friday at the high school. Looking on are Taylor County High School sophomore Zachary Campbell, left, and Taylor County High School junior Zach Wise. -Duane Bonifer. LWC photo

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