We all know what it means to procrastinate, but what about actively spending time building a useless machine? You have undoubtedly seen the ornamental boxes with a tempting little toggle switch on the ...

Useless machines are a fun class of devices which typically turn themselves off once they are switched on, hence their name. Even though there’s no real point, they’re fun to build and to operate ...

Have you ever seen a video of something called “The Most Useless Machine Ever”? Actually, this is really rather cool. I would love something like this on my desk with a big red switch and a sign ...

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