Collaborate Disseminate
[JR] over at [Tech Throwback] got ahold of an unusual piece of gear recently — a portable Point of Sale (POS) credit card machine from the late 1990s (video, embedded …read more Continue reading Portable 1990s POS Will Strain Your Back
Over the past decade or so, smartphones have exploded in popularity and seamlessly integrated themselves into nearly every aspect of most people’s lives. Although that comes with a few downsides …read more Continue reading Open-Source Cell Phone Based on ESP32
Sure, there are — or were — Windows phones. But [neozed] wanted something different. An earlier project ran Windows 10 on the Raspberry Pi 4 with some tricks, but those …read more Continue reading Windows 10 the Hard Way: on a Phone
The world’s tech companies must harbour a hearty dislike for the European Union because when the many cogs of its bureaucracies turn, they find themselves with little choice but to …read more Continue reading Get Back Your Replaceable Batteries, Thanks To The EU
It might seem quaint through the lends of history we have the luxury of looking through, but in the mid 1980s it was a major symbol of status to be …read more Continue reading A Mobile Phone from 1985
[Evan] couldn’t find a phone he liked, so he decided to build his own. There are advantages and disadvantages, as you might expect. On the plus side, you have the …read more Continue reading Linux Cell Phone? Build OURPhone
The Raspberry Pi was a fairly revolutionary computing device when it came on the scene around a decade ago. Enough processing power to run a full Linux desktop and plenty …read more Continue reading Using An Old Smartphone In Place of A Raspberry Pi
The TA-1042 is the most badass looking telephone you’ll ever see. It’s a digital military telephone from the 1980s, but sadly non-functional unless it’s hooked up to the military phone …read more Continue reading Cold War Military Telephones Now Usable Thanks To DIY Switch Build
As smartphones become more ubiquitous in society, they are being used in plenty of ways not imaginable even ten or fifteen years ago. Using its sensors to gather LIDAR information, …read more Continue reading Glowscope Reduces Microscope Cost By Orders of Magnitude
It might not seem too impressive these days, but when microcontrollers with hardware USB support were more expensive and rare, the VUSB library was often used to create USB devices …read more Continue reading ATtiny85 Automates Your Smartphone