Are you ready for some terrible projects? Suffice to say, these are some of the best worst things we’ve seen – and we’re doing our best to collect a few of our favourites for this internet web page here!
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Highlighted Projects
2023 (December) Projects
A Christmas “Miracle”
What does it do? A machine that decides whether a child is naughty or nice and dispenses a gift (or not) to them. What inspired…
A Ryan Godling Subscription
A website that let you subscribe to Ryan Gosling – Be warned! If you want to unsubscribe, you will have to face a number of…
Amazon Smart Kettle
Editor’s note: this one went all out on audio, make sure to listen to some of the ads below! The Amazon Smart Kettle is the latest…
Crossword Twister
Crosswords are already hard, we made it terrible. Incorporates elements of distortion and code, android. Created by Team CrosswordCaptains sampleCrossWordDownload…
ForcedTube
You know how you love ads? Wouldn’t it be even better if you were tested on your comprehension of each ad after you watched them…
Girlfriend Translator
The Girlfriend Translator project, conceived as a satirical commentary on sexism, embodies something deliberately absurd and highlights why such a tool should never genuinely exist…
Goku’s eye
Are you getting beaten by people stronger than yourself? I had the same problem, but not anymore. Introducing *drum roll* Goku’s eye. Better than ever,…
Losers weepers
It is a tracking software/app that “helps” people find their lost devices. Instead of telling the exact location of the devices like Apple’s airtags do,…
Merciful Mirror
Does this dress make me look fat? Merciful mirror will deliver the truth to you, and more. Honesty is the best policy and you will…
Power Saver-inator
Nobody likes a phone battery running low. It’s a first, second, third, and maybe fourth world issue! A global problem in the 21st century that…
PvP Snake Game
Our project is a 2 player snake game on a custom 8 by 8 led matrix. Players can eat food. Drop bombs and do things…
Screaming Plant
Plants deserve better in this life and to be heard. When your plants are unhappy, now you are unhappy too. Created by team Doctor Submersive…
The Login Games
We wanted to make the login process fun. By introducing a series of tricky mini games for the users to enjoy (or suffer) in order…
The unsatisfying DVD screensaver
It’s the DVD screensaver, but when it’s about to hit a corner, it stops the screensaver before you can see it hit the corner. This…
Whack-a-phone
We’ve actually had time to make two different projects, both of which revolve around violence (because violence is clearly the answer). Our first and main…
2023 (March) Projects
Airsoft shirt
Making a padded shirt for airsoft so I don’t feel as much pain when I get shot by a pellet Created by Tim Cheng…
Boat Ownership Simulator 2024
Simulate the experience of owning a boat Created by Minh Phu Lai, Oliver Cooper, and Walter Lim Built by Oliver Cooper, Minh Phu Lai, and Walter Lim. Demo:…
Clip on Jandals
Introducing the perfect addition to your cycling gear – clip on bike jandals! Say goodbye to uncomfortable and bulky cycling shoes and hello to the…
E-Readinator
Our group asked why reading can be so boring and it’s so easy to get distracted? We realised that’s because the TEXT looks so boring!…
Emotionally Needy Appliances
Taking away the controls of your appliances and giving them to a rather lazy voice assistant. Created by Questionable Research Labs…
Memorial piñata (piñata la muerte)
People think that piñatas are just for birthdays, but we’re here to bust that misconception wide open with our funeral piñatas! Put the fun into…
Milk Aromatherapy
Milk Aromatherapy Are you feeling stressed or tired? Consider trying milk aromatherapy for a relaxing and rejuvenating experience! Milk has been used for centuries as…
Mist Opportunity
Our brand spanking new product called “The Mist Opportunity” cuts out the useless fluff that comes with regular irrigation systems! The Mist Opportunity comes with…
Mixer Mayhem’s mesmerising mighty multifaceted multi-person modern microwave machine
Mixer Mayhem’s mesmerising mighty multifaceted multi-person modern microwave machine A crowd-controlled drink mixing machine where users choose what is added to the drink next. Created by Mixer…
Sleep is a Crime™️
Johnny made it to his 8am lecture running on 3 hours of sleep and zero caffeine. He’s nodding off and not paying attention to what…
The Dumb Bells
We have a very annoying dumbbell that taunts you and makes weird noises throughout your workout. It is also very uncomfortable to hold. The dumbbell…
The Outernet Experience – Tech for People who hate tech
The Outernet Experience is Tech for People Who Hate Tech. The setup allows you to live the lifestyle of the most advanced tech user and partake…
Things.co.nz
A website that checks Stuff.co.nz at regular intervals, and generates funnier and more bizarre versions of them. It uses ChatGPT (technically OpenAI) to generate the…
2021 Projects
PUNgeons and Drag-Ons
An RPG Supplement filled with forty-six pages of terrible, no good, very bad monsters and races. Highlights include:
- Road with Legs (18 AC)
- Food Elementals (Chocolate, Smore, Marshmellow, Graham Cracker)
- Vampiric Cow (10 AC)
- Goose Hydra
Strapping a tattoo gun to a blind robot
CNC Tattoo Machine – by the Not Tattooists
It kind of is just what the title suggests. What happens when you put a tattoo gun on a robot arm and try to convince it to tattoo people? Not good things, apparently.
Planetary Alignment-based GPA Estimates
GPAstro – by Lords of the Great Elephants
Brought to you by an astrophysicist and a telescope owner, GPAstro uses planetary science originating from earlier than Ancient Greece, used by great scholars such as Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Kepler, to predict the GPA of your future child by the date and time of their conception.
World’s longest top hat
Not a very good project – by Zac
Sadly the real worlds tallest hat is somewhat longer, but we can probably claim tallest top hat in Auckland? Really, this one isn’t the best project, but it had a hidden microphone for presenting duct taped inside it, and that worked pretty well.
That’s all for now!
Keep an eye out on this page for more terrible projects as we continue to collect them 😊