How OK Go's Amazing Rube Goldberg Machine Was Built

This amazing video by OK Go called This Too Shall Pass is of a 4-minute long Rube Goldberg Machine that is just too awesome!

For nearly four minutes — captured in a single, unbroken camera shot — the machine rolls metal balls down tracks, swings sledgehammers, pours water, unfurls flags and drops a flock of umbrellas from the second story, all perfectly synchronized with the song. A few gasp-inducing, grin-producing moments when the machine’s action lines up so perfectly, you can only shake your head in admiration at the creativity and precision of the builders.

Rube Goldberg Machines are complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways.

Read the full details at Wired Gadget Lab.