The mechanical simplicity of this pull-string controlled most useless machine is delightful. You can see the metal gripper which is reaching up to tug on a light-fixture-style pull chain.

Thought we'd mix things up this week with a low tech How-To courtesy of Hack A Day editor Jason Striegel: I spent the weekend trying to design a small espresso machine that you can make from ...

The useless machine is a concrete way of exploring the idea that there can be a strange kind of utility to things that very clearly have no utility.

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