Rube Goldberg machines are deliberately complex contraptions consisting of a series of devices that are linked together via a domino effect – whereby one component triggers the next in the sequence.

Need your hair cut? Cake served? No problem! Lockdown has led millions to discover the work of Joseph Herscher and friends, whose absurdly complicated ‘labour-saving’ machines reveal the potential for ...

The Hong Kong-born brand partnered with Joseph’s Machines, a YouTube channel run by Joseph Herscher, a kinetic artist who specialises in making comical chain-reaction machines out of ordinary ...

Richard Hammond is to present a new Channel 4 series which will see engineering enthusiasts battle it out to create the most ingenious contraptions using only everyday objects. In the seven-part ...

This video of a domino run-style chain reaction ­machine made of photography gear is fantastic.

Tennis player Edouard Roger-Vasselin has been getting creative during his quarantine time ahead of the Australian Open. The Frenchman has made and filmed two Rube Goldberg machines in his hotel room ...

Tennis star Edouard Roger-Vasselin has been getting creative during his quarantine time ahead of the Australian Open. The Frenchman has made and filmed two Rube Goldberg machines in his hotel room ...