You remember The Most Useless machine, right? The one that encapsulates our entire interaction with technology by boiling it down to a zero-sum back and forth that ...

Useless robots (or useless machines) are devices that, when switched on, exist only to turn themselves back off. They are fun and fairly simple builds that are easy to personify, and really invite ...

In a world dominated by smarter and smarter gadgets, one of the dumbest machines on earth is making a quiet comeback. Invented in the 1950s by an artificial-intelligence expert, the device is known as ...

If you thought all of the world's most useless machines were found in the pages of SkyMall or on As Seen On TV infomercials, think again. Those products represent the cream of the crop produced by ...

Uncover the charm of the "useless machine," a device that embodies the concept of doing nothing. From its inception by Marvin Minsky to its place in modern pop culture, learn how this simple yet ...

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 ...