Back when machines were fun, we had Rube, Heath and Rowland In the USA, we call it a "Rube Goldberg machine". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine In the UK, it's a Heath Robinson or Rowland Emett. https://youtu.be/1S82q60qGtc Emett's Computer (1966) Inventor Rowland Emett is seen working on a mechanical automated 'computer'; commissioned as a show piece for a famous computer firm. He fits a bone with a small lampshade and adds a wheel to the end. Various shots show 'The Forget-Me-Not Computer'; an amazing and surreal contraption with many turning wheels and moving parts. Small balls revolve around china heads, a currant bun is lowered into an information feeding bowl, mechanical birds punch holes in playing cards, and so on. A sign on the machine reads 'The Honeywell - Emett Forget-Me-Not Computer' - Honeywell is probably the company that commissioned the contraption.