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Atlanta, GA | Posted: February 22, 2018
Ann Hoevel
College of Design
404.385.0693
ann.hoevel@design.gatech.edu
Summary Sentence:
Georgia Tech and the Harlem Globetrotters team up to create a trick shot machine.
Full Summary:
Georgia Tech and the Harlem Globetrotters team up to create a trick shot machine.
Boxing Glove Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg Harlem Globetrotters VideoWhen the Atlanta-based Harlem Globetrotters thought about doing something new, fun and complex, they only had to look across town to get it done.
Students in the College of Design recently teamed up with the world famous basketball team to make a shot like no other. They built a trick shot machine in the Digital Fabrication Lab — a Rube Goldberg machine, complete with trampolines, a giant hamster wheel, boxing gloves and more.
Learn how and why they did it.
