The Royal Toaster• Tasha S. Hart• Robert Walker• Tony Mathis• James Dres

ObjectiveObjectiveThis device is meant to start a toaster without anyone actually touching the toaster. We used tubing and wooded tracks to guide a marble into colliding with dominos, which should then lead to another action and eventually make some sort of weight hit the handle of the toaster.

Manual Toaster StarterManual Toaster Starter

MaterialsMaterials Mostly Scrap: (wood, Mostly Scrap: (wood,

nails, glue, etc)nails, glue, etc) Toaster: Owned by Toaster: Owned by

membermember String: $0.47String: $0.47 Toy truck: $0.97Toy truck: $0.97 Pop Tarts: $2.98Pop Tarts: $2.98 Marbles: $2.00Marbles: $2.00 Dominos: Owned by Dominos: Owned by

membermember

Difficult Tasks and Setbacks

Major Setback: • Indecisive about which

appliance to use as primary device

• Trial and Error with angles and heights

• Time Conflicts with team members and available facility

Difficult Tasks• Determining each step• Finding the perfect weight• Getting the device to work

Conclusion

A Rube Goldberg device is not easy to create

Ideas sound great, but are rarely thought out

The easiest thing to create was conservation of linear momentum (collisions)

Gain and Loss of Energy come naturally with motion