what is the type of device called where say, for instance, a balloon pops which sets in motion a bolwing ball that rolls down a plank which hits a boot and the boot kicks a switch and the switch turns on a light. seriously.
2007-02-26 13:13:36 · 14 answers · asked by askermcgee 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Those improbably hard ways of getting something doen appeared in cartoons a long time ago, drawn by cartoonist Rube Goldberg. Ever since anything that does stuff the hard way is said to be a Rube Goldberg contraption" or a "Rube Goldberg approach to doing that.
2007-02-26 13:32:31 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is not a device. Device is something that put input into some require output.
Yours scenario is describe as SYSTEM where, many devices at work to bring the result.
Input is your moving Ballon... and through many processes, your output is switching on the light.
Perhaps, you may name this as Action and Reaction system.
2007-02-26 15:04:09 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Logic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called a "Rube Goldberg" device. The name comes from the cartoonist Rube Goldberg.
2007-02-26 13:16:41 · answer #3 · answered by RichardPaulHall 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Domino Effect
2007-02-26 13:20:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
rube Goldberg, he drew cartoons about a 100 years ago that shows these inventions you describe and later they started to put them in cartoons in the movies and on TV .
2007-02-26 13:15:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i not at all heard of that, notwithstanding it sounds thrilling. i take advantage of a product observed as 'quik-type' between different widely used names, it really is a pressed gel-like cake in a dish. you rub some on your hands and it does an excellent job, remains on extra appropriate than water.
2016-12-05 00:13:24 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a "Rube Goldberg" machine.
2007-02-26 13:18:07 · answer #7 · answered by Zhuo Zi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called mousetrap
2007-02-26 13:30:01 · answer #8 · answered by standard_air 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Rube Goldberg" mechanism or device.
2007-02-26 13:15:54 · answer #9 · answered by Wocka wocka 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a trap or chain reaction?
2007-02-26 13:15:53 · answer #10 · answered by soccermolis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋