Presenting: The Most Useless Gadget Ever
Oct 10
2009
2009
Turns out creating the most useless gadget ever is easy: simply build a machine designed to turn itself off. Flip the on switch and machine dutifully pushes the switch back to off.
As you can see, the machine will insist on turning itself off even after as the user repeatedly pushes the switch back to on. Why is this the most useless gadget ever? Simply because it uses up energy without providing a foundation for any productive activity whatsoever. You probably think that criterion applies to all of your most-hated gadgets, but heres a machine that makes the concept literal.
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