John's Corner of the World: A Rube Goldberg apparatus to rival Honda's commercial

Saturday, December 18, 2010

A Rube Goldberg apparatus to rival Honda's commercial

I expect you remember Honda's astonishing commercial from a few years ago:

A musical group call OK Go has created their own (rather destructive) Rube Goldberg device to match or beat what Honda did:

Enjoy!

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