We all know what it means to procrastinate, but what about actively spending time building a useless machine? You have undoubtedly seen the ornamental boxes with a tempting little toggle switch on ...

Have you ever seen a video of something called “The Most Useless Machine Ever” ? Actually, this is really rather cool. I would love something like this on ...

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.

How to Make Domino Row Building Machine from Cardboard In today's video I show you how to make amazing fully automatic domino ...

No, this isn't an instructional guide on how to build a TwitterPeek. This device is even more useless. Impossible? Hardly. Check out the video. Then hit ...

Watch the videos below which gives you a demonstration of what the useless machine does and a few others who have made different versions of the useless machine.

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.

While no machine is totally useless if used properly, some just aren't terribly effective, says Lani Muelrath, MA, fitness expert and author of Fit Quickies.