156 step burger wins Rube Goldberg Contest

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/05/goldberg.contest.ap/index.html

Building better burger at Rube Goldberg contestStory Highlights
Contest named after late cartoonist drew students from across the country

Their task: Assemble a hamburger in more than 20 steps

Purdue's team used 156 steps to assemble its burger


WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (AP) -- A team of Purdue University students concocted a 156-step recipe for preparing a hamburger to win Saturday's annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.

This year's task was to assemble a burger consisting of no less than one precooked meat patty, two vegetables and two condiments, sandwiched between bun halves.

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/04/05/PH2008040501969.

[TomInTib]

1. I want to see the damned thing working.

I used to coach Odyssey of the Mind teams at the 4th&5th Grade level.