About Brett

Electronics Tech Owner of The Frivolous Engineering Company Inc.

Sisyphus the Robot

Sisyphus

Nuno José Almeida’s Useless Robot


Jochem van Grieken, from Utrecht, has built a useless robot that reminds me of the myth of Sisyphus.

YouTube Video Link

Useless CBC Interview

Craig Lederhouse Interviewing Brett Coulthard

Craig Lederhouse (left) Interviewing Brett Coulthard (right)

CBC radio and TV interviewed me Wednesday morning after I was mentioned in a Wall Street Journal article.

Considering that I hadn’t been to sleep in over 26 hours the interview turned out surprising good.  Whoever did the editing was very kind, you can hardly tell just how sleep-deprived and brain dead I was.

You can listen to the radio interview by clicking the ‘continue reading’ below.

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The Good, The Bad, and the Useless

Good News:
Being featured in the Wall Street Journal!

Bad News:
Being featured in the Wall Street Journal! Our current supply of DIY kits is exhausted (as well as some Frivolous Engineers). We expect a parts shipment early this coming week and should be back in stock then.  EDIT:  Kits are now back in stock

Good News: If you placed an order for a DIY Kit before this announcement, it’s been shipped! All of the orders from Wednesday and most of Thursday’s have been shipped. We will be caught up on shipping by Monday.

Good News:
We still have a couple dozen fully soldered Machines in stock ready to ship out first thing Monday if ordered this weekend!

More Good News:
April Fools day was made for the Useless Machine!

More, More Good News:
If ordered this weekend, they should be delivered in time for April Fools Day. (US & Canadian Customers who order fully soldered Machines)!