Design your own "Useless machine".
It will be a device that does something. What will it do? Will it do anything useful? Interesting? annoying?
The design criteria are that it must:
Wait for input
Do something in response to the input
Things to think about:
The trigger could be a button, light sensor, dial or whatever else you can rig up.
It could always do the same thing, or it could do different things every time it's triggered.
Ideally it will be in a box, you may not have time for that.
Turn in:
A short description of your thing
A short video of your 'box' doing it's thing
The code you wrote for your thing
Level of AI use allowed
Green - You may use AI tools as much as you like. You are responsible for checking the code and getting it working. If you use AI to generate your code make sure you say so in your doc.
Caution:
Often the AI will do things in complicated ways so be wary, if you don't understand it you won't be able to debug it.
Super Mario Bros
A detailed remake of Super Mario Bros. Press the button to start the music (you need sound).
Etch-a-sketch project
Turn the knobs to draw a picture=
Button pusher
Push the button to turn it on, it'll push the button to turn it off.
Useless box example: Sleepy
When it gets dark it goes to sleep. When it's light it wakes up.
Shhh. Don't wake it!