Rube Goldberg Machine Forces: In the beginning, a button is pressed. There is a push force applied to the button, and some friction holds it back. Finally, spring force makes the button shoot back up. The button triggers a laser, which emits electromagnetic radiation. When this laser hits the mirror, it is reflected. According to Newton's first law, an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by a force. The laser would have continued going, but it hit the mirror and changed its trajectory, meanwhile losing a small percent of energy by being absorbed. After this, it hits a "prism", which scatters the light into two directions. The laser that went downward lights a stick of dynamite due to a prolonged period of heat. There was energy stored in the molecular compounds within the dynamite, so when the laser hit it, it blew up, releasing a shockwave that knocked the stick into the air. The reaction of this action was the shooting of a ball through the tube, subsequently being shattered by a laser. Lastly, the force of gravity pulled the particles to the bottom of the screen. Carter Nebrich, Ankit Hegde, Brady Rogier
