For his entry in a cake decorating, sugarcraft and baking expo, engineer Martin Raynsford decided to make an edible version of his laser cut marble machine kit. The contraption had to be scaled up and ...

Marble machines are the kind of useless mechanisms that everybody loves. Their sole purpose is to route marbles through different paths for your viewing pleasure. They can be extremely complicated ...

[Martin] of [Wintergatan] is on a quest to create the ultimate human-powered, modern marble music machine. His fearless mechanical exploration and engineering work, combined with considerable musical ...

While this is authentic footage of a genuine product, the "perpetual" marble machine does not operate infinitely without an additional energy source. Rather, it uses batteries and a magnet to create ...

There's always something new to discover on the web. For example, I just ran across the website of a real interesting guy called Matthias Wandel. There's so much to see here that you really have to ...

I blame the board game Mouse Trap for my fascination with marbles and Rube Goldberg devices. Marbles, dominoes — the kinds of fun that require a complicated setup. Planning. Precision. Engineering. If ...