8.19.10 - 9:00AM
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Jordan Breindel

13 Awesomely Useless Machines

There's nothing exciting about being practical or pragmatic, which is why it's great news that none of these 13 awesomely useless machines are even remotely either of those boring p-words.

They're useless in the best sense of the word, doing things you would never need done, in a way you'd never imagine to do them, for no other reason than to perplex and amuse you. You're useless...and we love you for it.

Infinite Grass

The Bites the Hand That Feeds Machine

The Waiting Machine

The Wishbone Walker

The Self High Five Machine

The Unplugger

Pedal Shoes

The Banana Fan

The Channel Changer

The Paper Ripper

The Walk in the Park

The Lizard Bike

The Dancing Chair

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8.19.10

By kingsgreat

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you forgot the Ipad

8.19.10

By ArtisanDave

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Brilliant!!
As an artist and designer I look upon these 'useless' machines as sculptural art pieces, live happenings of creative doodling.
Ergo, they are wonderful examples of the fucundity of the human mind...the tool making mind...the mind of creativity.

8.19.10

By John F.C. Taylor

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Makes me wonder what can be accomplished by the focused mind. As the one post said, they are works of art, but really are useless in the practical world. Pedal shoes? Looks like roller skates with old fashioned baby buggy wheels.

8.19.10

By fastestruck

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What about the Toyota Prius?

8.19.10

By J.E.B.

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You forgot about the obama machine, totally USELESS!
But I have a plan.........

8.20.10

By iguana

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my personal favourite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86V_ICUCD4

8.20.10

By SaskView

Neutral

This is an impressive list of machines, but I have to agree with Iguana. To not include "The Most Useless Machine EVER!" in a list of useless machines seems to be an oversight.

The video in question has over 3.5 million views, which is an order of magnitude beyond any of the videos listed above.

Also, it was voted 'Robot of the Year' by engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/22/the-winners-of-the-2009-engadget-awards/

It has even made an appearance on The Colbert Report, and has been featured in Make Magazine.

In fact, one of the machines you do list (the most useful machine) was inspired by the Useless Machine.

Cheers,
brett@saskview

PS: there some conflict of interest on my part, as I'm the guy responsible for creating the video in question.