GoldieBlox is a company that makes really neat engineering toys geared towards girls. I worked with them to create this Rube Goldberg Machine in October and November of 2013. The build took about 2 1/2 weeks, and I had a crew of 5, including Paul Thompson, Craig Simmons, Robin Carpenter, Eric Mesple, and Rebecca Thompson. […]
Red Bull Kluge
Red Bull “Kluge” from David G Wilson on Vimeo. This past October, I was in Orange County CA building this machine for Red Bull. I was a lead engineer working with about 20 other very talented builders. We shot it at the former El Toro Marine Base, (now known as The Great Park). […]
Scientific American Psychology Film Series
Scientific American Psychology Film Series | Trailer from Couple 3 Films on Vimeo. In April I worked with Noah Hutton and Couple 3 films to create some contraptions for a series of short films for Scientific American. What I created was a machine to illustrate Pavlovian Conditioning, (where a stimulus, like the ringing of a […]
Disney XD station ID
Here’s a Rube Goldberg machine that I built for Syynlabs for the Disney XD channel. I built and designed about 90% of this (didn’t build the pneumatic cannons at the end, these were repurposed from the OK Go video. I did work out the wiring and the trigger mechanism. Also I didn’t do the part […]
Colbert Report Rube Goldberg Machine
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Intro – Rube Goldberg Machine www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive I built this Rube Goldberg Machine for the Colbert Report, and set it off in front of a live audience to begin the show. Some things that may not […]
OK Go- This Too Shall Pass (RGM version)
I was a primary engineer on this video. I worked out the majority of triggers on the upper level, as well as designed and built several of the individual modules, including the Sunrise, the flags, the typewriter mechanism, and the rolling ball/kabuki screen theater. I also contributed the “Make: magazine” race car that rolls down […]
