In a time when we’re inundated with talk of an impending AI apocalypse it’s nice to see an AI that’s intentionally useless. That AI is HAL 9000. No, not the conflicted HAL from the movie 2001: A Space ...

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.

If you thought all of the world's most useless machines were found in the pages of SkyMall or on As Seen On TV infomercials, think again. Those products represent the cream of the crop produced by ...