Extensive contraption: Team seeks record with chain reaction machine at Detroit science center
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A team at the Michigan Science Center in Detroit wants to set a record for building the largest chain reaction machine.
Plans call for it to be activated Saturday and run nearly 30 minutes. It's expected to include more than half a million objects, including about 200,000 dominoes and thousands of other common objects.
The lead builder is Steve Price, a Michigan State University student and a native of the Detroit suburb of Canton Township. He has built other Rube Goldberg machines, but this one includes hundreds of steps and will be his largest one to date.
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It's called the "Zeal Credit Union's Incredible Science Machine," since a credit union is backing the effort. According to event organizers, the current Guinness World Records mark for a Rube Goldberg machine had 300 steps and ran for about 2 minutes.
Zeal Credit Union Vice President Lisa Fawcett said Price's work is a clear example of following a passion.
"We knew we needed to support these builders in any way we could," she said in a statement, and the credit union understands "the hard work and passion required to pursue a dream of this magnitude."
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