Rube Goldberg’s Amazing Mechanical Band

There’s an urban legend that the machine depicted in this video is (a) real and (b) made largely of John Deere tractor parts and (c) now donated to the Smithsonian Institution. That’s not true. In reality, it’s a clip of a CGI vid that has been relabeled as part of the hoax. I just think it’s neat, though–and the building of this thing even virtually is pretty amazing in itself.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

8 thoughts on “Rube Goldberg’s Amazing Mechanical Band”

  1. My dad is obsessed with this. Last time I visited, I got to watch about 45 minutes of Animusic on DVD. I have to admit, it is pretty neat.

  2. This is soo amazing. I am surprised that it isn’t real, or at least someone isn’t working on one.
    Just too cool.

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