Introducing the most pointless but brilliant invention ever – the Skittle sorter (Video)

Forget the new iPhone - this is tech design at its finest...

Using a 3D printer, engineer Nathan Peterson has designed a machine that does something we've all been crying out for. Cure all illnesses? Turn coal into diamonds? No - sort Skittles by colour! The reason is simple - just because. The colour sensor system uses LED lights to detect the colour of the Skittles, and then a system of rotating gears drop it into a corresponding tray. Watch the Skittle sorter in action below - it's weirdly relaxing... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyhoaThL6pU And before you ask, no it doesn't work for M&Ms - according to Peterson the chocolate delights are "a bit smaller and get jammed easier".