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Community - South County
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Published
11/13/08
Rube Goldberg (1883-1970) was a newspaper cartoonist for much of his life. It earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1948. He was most famous for his depictions of complex machines that execute a simple task. 
Mitchelle Stephenson — For The Capital
From left, Efe Brock, 16, Dianna Bartone, 17, and teacher Ryan Elwell stand with their Rube Goldberg machine at the Education Expo which took place Saturday at Main Street at South River Colony in Edgewater.Find Us On Facebook
He died in 1970, but his name lives on because of a popular engineering contest for high school students which bears his name. South River High School's honors pre-engineering class spent months constructing a Rube Goldberg machine. Last Saturday in Edgewater, the club brought their machine out to demonstrate to the public at the first-ever Education Expo. The exposition was put on by all of the schools in the South...
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