What is it about useless machines that makes them so attractive to build? After all, they’re meant to be low-key enraging. At this point, the name of the game is more about giving that faceless enemy ...

I read a great theory once, arguing that the universe is elegantly wasteful. Is it even possible to be both wasteful and elegant? Whatever: when the universe wants to do something, according to this ...

There’s no project that dives into existential quandaries more than a useless machine, as they can truly illustrate the futility of existence by turning themselves off once they have been powered on.

A Regina man is gaining a name for himself as a builder of 'useless machines' — devices which serve no practical purpose but are enormously popular among fans of gadgets. Brett Coulthard says he ...

The useless machine is nothing but a simple box which runs a few electrical motors to a few mechanical arms. The box features nothing but a simple toggle switch on the top. When you toggle the switch ...

A 45-year-old vending machine repairman in Regina is behind the new year’s first viral video, an 18-second demonstration of the World’s Most Useless Machine EVER. “Things have gotten a little crazy,” ...

Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, crafted the Useless Machine at Bell Labs in 1952. This device, a simple box with a single switch, performs no function other than to ...

The world’s most useless machine, which is essentially a small electronic box that turns itself off whenever you try to turn it on, first made waves on the Internet a couple of years ago. It became so ...