Instructables has instructions for building this Claude Shannon-style box that turns itself off.
The Most Useless Machine EVER!
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11:05 am Sun
Jan 3, 2010
Make a machine that turns itself off
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There's something very odd about the video showing off "Be", a prototype battery-less motorized toothbrush
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