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The discussion focuses on building a Rube Goldberg machine that incorporates specific elements, including an analogue multimeter to measure water in a pail of ice cream. Key requirements include starting with a digital camera's record button, achieving a horizontal flight of at least 30 inches, and integrating features like a roller coaster effect, elastic potential energy, and various energy forms such as heat and light. The machine must also include two electric motors, a pulley system, and a vertical elevation change of 30 inches, with a total of 20 steps allowed. Suggestions for inspiration include referencing the classic board game "Mouse Trap." The user seeks guidance on how to effectively design and construct the machine within the specified dimensions.
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Hi i need help making my rube goldberg machine. It needs to use an Analogue Multimeter to determine how much water is in a 5 quart pail of ice cream (any amount of water)
The things it needs to have in it is:
1. Needs to start by hitting record button on Digital Camera
2. 1 thing to fly 30 inches or more horizontally
3. needs to act like a roller coaster
4. Use Elastlic Ponetial Engery
5. Uses 2 Electric Motors
6. 1 heat engery with heat source
7. 1 light engery
8. 1 Magnet force
9. 1 pulley system
10. 1 30 inch upward vertical elevation change
Need 8 more steps
PLEASE HELP
 
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Can you go over or under or are you limited to 18 steps no more and no less?
 
It can be 20 steps no more than twenty any suggestions to how i can build this machine the dimensions are 30 inches wide, 36 inches tall and 40 inches long
Thanks
 
Yeah. Take a look at the old board game "Mouse Trap."
 

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