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VIDEO: Donegal man invents genius device that randomly generates episodes of The Simpsons

Published 20:35 9 May 2016 BST

Conor Heneghan
VIDEO: Donegal man invents genius device that randomly generates episodes of The Simpsons

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Best. Invention. Ever.

Our worship for The Simpsons hardly needs elaboration and though the show isn’t what it used to be, it’s still nice to flick on the telly every now and again to catch an episode from the glory years. Donegal man Stephen Coyle obviously feels the same as we do in that regard, because he’s come up with a device that randomly generates episodes of The Simpsons at the flick of a switch. Well, the press of a button to be more precise. You get the picture. simpsonsgenerator As you might suspect, a fair bit of work goes into the creation of a device like the one above. Rather than elaborate on these pages, however, we reckon it's better to examine it in further detail on Stephen’s blog here, which is particularly worth reading if you’re a bit of tech whizz and fancy doing something similar yourself. Stephen has done all the hard work already and this is what the finished product looks like... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_SgUrJ3l9E Fair play Stephen, this one gets a big fat YEEEEESSSSS from us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL5ZVljj4vg Clip via Welcome to Hell Cheers to Stephen Coyle for sending this our way. Got a story for JOE? Hit us up on Facebook or Twitter, send it to our WhatsApp number 087-4001102 or mail editorial@JOE.ie.

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VIDEO: Donegal man invents genius device that randomly generates episodes of The Simpsons