Video: the incredible machine

OK, so this is only tangentially music related -- can you spot my man Ben Folds' CD in the above contraption? -- but YouTube's featured videos today are almost all Rube Goldberg devices. Seems odd. His birthday is July 4th, but that's still two days away. What's going on? Also, this is the neatest thing ever. Supposedly a commercial in Japan, although the talking is all in English. Whatever, it's awesome. [...]