Last week saw the launch of the Frivolous Engineering Company Inc., turning Ontario-based tinkerer Brett Coulthard's hobby into an official business. The FEC's flagship product is self-described as "The Most Useless Machine Ever" (aka The Best Post of the Year):
The machines are selling for $40 a pop, or $30 for a some-assembly-required version, and will begin shipping at the end of this month.
Of course you can also build your own, as a tinkerer known only as Das did with a little Arduino:
My question is, what would the industrial design version of a self-defeating object be? Anyone got sketches, ideas, mock-ups?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmeR0nnxzYM
PS: I'm located in Regina, Saskatchewan (30 miles east of the beautiful city of Moose Jaw!)