WEST LAFAYETTE – The Purdue University Society of Professional Engineers recently shattered the Guinness World Record for the largest Rube Goldberg machine with a 244-step juggernaut that destroys the planet several times over before restoring hope and growing a flower.
The “time machine” traces world history from the Big Bang to an apocalypse triggered by the Four Horsemen, Bob Barker, Dirty Harry, Darth Vader and Woody the ‘Toy Story’ cowboy.
“If Bruce Willis, Will Smith and Charlton Heston joined forces to build a Rube Goldberg machine, this is what it might look like,” said Zach Umperovitch, captain of the team that has won three national championships and set two world records in seven years.
