Wikipedia says:
A Rube Goldberg machine, contraption, invention, device, or apparatus is a deliberately over-engineered or overdone machine that performs a very simple task in a very complex fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The expression is named after Americancartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg (1883–1970).
–http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine
Your task (DFI Masters students) is to create a Rube Goldberg machine out of a chain of Arduinos. Activated by a single human input, the output of one Arduino will be connected to the input of the next in a continuous chain until the grand finale is reached. You are each individually responsible for a node in the system but you must all work together in order to make the machine work as a whole. Fun! Here are your guidelines:
- Human input should be used at the first node and nowhere else.
- Simple and working is better than complex and not.
- Help each other. If your node is finished, move on to the next. You’re not done until the machine is done.
- If you need help, ask for it! The machine doesn’t work unless every part works.
- Check off your connection once it’s been made.
- Test early and often.
Our initial path:
- Lindy
- Alex
- Cris
- Ryan
- Yifat
- John
- Borzu
- Pui
- Andrew
- Ruzette
- Peggy
- Hank
- Demi
- Yuki
- Maziar
- Hudson
- Mitzi
- JaXon
Class deliverables:
- A working Rube Goldberg machine
- A system description/diagram including all nodes & their inputs & outputs
- A video of the machine working