Motor City Machine is building a series of simple, but hilarious, machines, collisions, and reactions that set one another off—built in sections by teams from all over Detroit this summer for the first time. Every Detroiter is invited to partipicant- Faith groups, youth, artists, non-profits, businesses, are invited to partcipant to form teams and build mini-Rube Goldberg machines. The machines each team builds will have a final action that sets off the starting action of another team’s machine. The result is a giant Rube-Goldberg machine made for and by Detroiters. 

2) Inspire people to build: With the support of artists and engineers, participants can use this a chance to experiment, use everyday objects in interesting ways, and create something bigger than the sum of its parts.

3) Provide a toolkit for creativity: With your support, we’ll provide each team with the same baseline of materials, training, and support. We aim to make the entire process as encouraging as possible, where all participants will learn to build challenging machines.

How does this work?

1) Participants sign up in teams of 2-8 people.
2) You will recieve:
A basic starter kit of building materials
4-6 workshops to learn the ins and outs of Rube-Goldberg Machines with guidance from experts like Steve Price of America’s Got Talent
Access to volunteer engineering advisors
Logistical support for participating teams and volunteers
3) At the end of the summer, we will connect each team’s sections. The final step of each section will set off the first step in another team’s section, resulting in a giant machine—The Motor City Machine.
4) We will unveil the Motor City Machine at a public launch event to celebrate the summer’s work and all things Detroit.

Website: www.motorcitymachine2014.org
Email: eleanor@motorcitymachine2014.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/motorcitymachine2014
Twitter: @DetroitBuilds14
Instagram: @MotorCityMachine