Ok Go

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This is the WONDERFULLY intuitive group OK GO.
I remember watching their first video (Treadmill) and just wanting to try it.
It's an example of Rube Goldberg; adjective defined as accomplishing something simple through complex means. Rube Goldberg was an American cartoonist born in 1883. In 1931 the Webster Dictionary added his namesake to their prestigious pages.
Wallace, the human from the clay made duo of Wallace and Gromit is an inventor of Rube Goldberg proportions.
Another example include the inventor and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's protagonist, Caractacus Potts. some of his inventions include the Toot Sweet, the egg cooker, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A complicated machine for a car, but it does much more.
Interesting fact, I used to date a guy who's father bought the plans and made the only exact replica of the car Chitty.