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 ...

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 ...

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.