According to the science center’s website, “half a million objects will combine to create an amazing chain reaction.” Tickets for the live event were sold out at least two days in advance, but general admission to the museum with the opportunity to watch the launching via video streaming on the Chrysler Science Stage will be available.

Price, who has built machines on The Rachel Ray Show and made it to the quarter-finals building machines on season eight of America’s Got Talent, said this is bigger than any project or machine he has worked on before.

“This project completely blows any previous project out of the water,” Price said.

Price’s largest machine before the one being launched Saturday used six tables, Saturday's will use a total of 16. It will take up 5,000 square feet of space, involves 200,000 dominoes, the most ever toppled in the U.S., and will be the world’s largest chain reaction. The “incredible science machine launch", as it is being called will feature different colored dominoes used to form 3D objects such as a rocket ship and portraits such as one of Isaac Newton. The simple task it will perform will be to turn on a giant light switch. Price has gained the attention of the university.

Ron Averill, associate chair of undergraduate studies in mechanical engineering at MSU, said the university is “proud” of Price. He also said Price is gaining valuable skills working on this machine.

“This event is one that really has taught him a lot not only about technical challenges, but he has realized that this is much bigger than one person so he is having to work with a team to achieve his goal,” Averill said. “The skills he is developing through working with a team are going to stay with him the rest of his career.”

A team of 16 builders, including Price, have been in Detroit physically building the machine since July 9 and will continue to build until the 17, but for the Price the work began months ago. He started contacting the builders in January, created a kickstarter to raise money in April then began compiling ideas and floor plans. What may sound like work to some has been nothing but fun for Price and his team.

"We really love to build, we spend all of our free time thinking of new ideas and new things that you could use for these machines. We just love to create things that will blow other people's minds,” Price said. “Every time we complete a project, we are always thinking about the next big project. We want to do something bigger and better every time."

Price owns his own company called Sprice Machines, which sells domino-related products, builds machines for creative advertisements and includes YouTube videos Price shares. The engineering student with interests in food mechanics and aerodynamic engineering said he would like to design chain reaction building kits for kids, but also would like to continue building large machines.

“It would be cool to make one extremely impressive machine on an annual basis,” Price said.

It appears as though this passion for Rube Goldberg Machines, which has burned for 8 years, will continue for Price. He said he and his team will be “ecstatic” if all goes as planned on Saturday. Price said he believes building these machines, projects similar and the general way of thinking are important for a number of different reasons.

"It's important because people need to learn how to be more creative and be able to think outside the box, look at an object and see it a different way that gives you a new perspective on what you are doing and it can teach you a lot of things like patience and perseverance,” Price said. “It gives you the ability to tackle challenges in a new way."