Awesome Lego machine - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: FreeThinker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2012, 04:01:14 pm
content: Found this on hackedgadgets..Enjoy

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2012, 05:18:32 pm
content: Black magic!Alexander.

author: MarkS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 21, 2012, 05:22:50 pm
content: Rube Goldberg would be proud!

author: enz
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2012, 05:31:39 pm
content: Putting Sisyphus out of work!

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 21, 2012, 06:28:08 pm
content: Looks like what Heath Robinson would have made if he had a Lego set.

author: im_a_human
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2012, 12:17:14 am
content: Ingenius

author: poodyp
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2012, 06:28:47 am
content: Looks like one ofthese. There are many many more on youtube.

author: johnwa
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2012, 08:35:02 am
content: I wish I had that much Lego to play with!Check out the Marble Machines as well:http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/marbles/index.html

author: siliconmix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 23, 2012, 11:05:58 am
content: amazing.perhaps they could get it to pick the lotto balls

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 23, 2012, 06:28:13 pm
content: amazing, pity he didn't show a shot of the whole machine

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 24, 2012, 02:21:25 am
content: fascinating indeed. we have 2 units of nxt mindstorm in our school for 5 years now (and 1 supplemental spare parts in a box), and i'm the instructor for kids competition every that year. and the fact is, that mindstorm is one of several item that responsible brought me here. but as an adult, i find this lego thing is boring me pretty fast.back to that machine, it needs like what? 20 or even 100 package to buy? $700 or so a package? (our sci and math panel can barely do anything when budgeting for that toy years back) go on, buy and build that black magic machine. halfway the video i suspected it will go back to where it come from, i was right, so whats the purpose? at some point the balls are nicely color sorted, but then? sigh. i can see this is another version or domino effect in darwinian style, no offense but, a machine is to help people doing a usefull work, not wasting electricity by entertaining pussies. and not to mention the miss/failure rate, is pretty high. just rewind and watch for "out of bucket balls".

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 24, 2012, 06:59:24 am
content: you missed he point. it was certainly a challenge to design and build. Of course the balls are just going around in circles. It is just a demonstration of various mechanisms. I found it fascinating and learnt a thing or two

author: siliconmix
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2012, 08:58:41 am
content: had to have a second look at this.reminds me of a toy we bought when the kids where young called " the big loader". fascinating.

author: FreeThinker
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 02, 2012, 05:34:23 pm
content: Ok I give in, I've seen it all now

author: FenderBender
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 03, 2012, 02:50:40 am
content: This guy must also do RF....