While everything in the universe must obey the the laws of thermodynamics—except for whatever’s going on in black holes maybe?—sometimes something comes along that seems to defy them. Case in point: a ...

Netherlands-based YouTuber and “designer of prototypical machines” Daniel de Bruin posted a pair of videos featuring a “miniature marble machine” – and the little contraption is mesmerizing. It’s a ...

Everyone has a hobby. Some people like to play recreational sports, others prefer to go fishing, but did you know there are creative types out there building enormous contraptions in which thousands ...

Schools might be closed but that didn't stop these four siblings spending days on a school project to build an incredible contraption throughout their entire home that delivered cookies to them ...

Craftsman Larry Marley uses a blend of techniques to make whimsical creations. He creates works of art by cutting, glueing and turning pieces of wood on a lathe and comes up with some spectacular ...

You've heard of people losing their marbles. Martin Molin is using his -- 2,000 to be exact. The Sweden-based musician has spent the last 14 months working on a musical instrument that uses marbles to ...

On February 27, Year 11 students eagerly gathered to take part in the SATRO Problem-Solving Challenge. It was a thrilling event that required teams to construct a contraption using a variety of raw ...

Inspired by the enormous marble music machines from the staggeringly talented [Wintergatan] and the marble run builds by [Daniel de Bruin], [Ivan Miranda] has been busy again building a largely 3D ...

Marble machines are the coloring books of the appliance world. A weirdly soothing attention vortex, this contrivance asks nothing and offers nothing except the joy of watching gravity pull a sphere ...

Artist Martin Molin has spent the last 14 months designing and hand-building the Musical Marble Machine, a huge loom- or printing press-like contraption made from birch ply that makes use of 2,000 ...