Automatic Waste Baskets

These guys fit a certain engineering stereotype- young, bright, tech-savvy, and disconnected from normal life. They don't want to extend the effort of putting their garbage directly into the waste basket, nor do they want to take out the trash. But instead of getting a larger trash can, they design and engineer waste baskets with cameras, motion sensors, servo motors, and wheels that will move to the spot where the trash is being flung. Yes, that's the equivalent of driving a hundred miles out of your way to avoid making a left turn. But while they are impressing you with their clever technology, they are also quite funny. 

Once they achieved a waste basket that will follow you around and position itself under the garbage you are dropping, they went ahead and outfitted all the waste baskets with some kind of high tech silliness. Being a mother, my favorite is the can that wants to destroy you for not throwing away your own trash. (via Born in Space)