What do a roboticist, an electrical engineer, a chef, and a pirate have in common? They're all part of Syyn Labs' army of art-damaged inventors.

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Syyn Labs got famous building OK Go's Rube Goldberg machine for the "This Too Shall Pass" video. And they specialize in sidewinder contraptions full of fire, explosions, electricity, rockets, and more. Typically, they take countless hours of precision alignment and require test after test before they're fully functional. Google, which recently came to Syyn to build a machine for the New York launch of its Science Fair initiative, didn't have that kind of time. Oh, and it had to work on the first try. Live. For a live audience and a global webcast. Here's how Syyn pulled it off.

Here's a sneak peek at the machine built by Syyn Labs for Google's Global Science Fair project.

For years, employees at Google have suggested a project near and dear to their nerd hearts: a Google-led science fair. Today those Googlers and budding scientists worldwide should be ecstatic. The company launched Google Science Fair, the first global online science competition.