“This is an Army surplus switchboard, and the top half of this row would be used for the old crank telephones,” Gates added. ...

The mobile phone may be sweeping away the traditional wired phone, but that doesn’t change the fascinating history and technology of the older device. At [This Museum Is Not Obsolete] they have ...

When the crank handle on [Eric Strebel]’s cheapo drill press broke in two, did he design and print a replacement? Nah. He kicked it old school and cast a new one in urethane resin. In his newest ...

Turn an old phone into a NAS for own storage network with a USB-powered storage drive. Learn how Android or iOS works by ...

You might have vague thoughts that you might still need your old phone or that you could sell it, but it inevitably sits and gathers dust. One idea is to recycle it. This could be by selling or ...

The cost of a dashcam ranges from affordable to expensive but there’s actually no need of buying a new one if you have a spare phone ... line of the airbag. Your old smartphone may not have ...

The Crank was a piece of machinery for punishment. It served no other purpose than to exhaust and punish a prisoner who had been misbehaving in Gaol, or was sentenced to Hard Labour. The prisoners ...

I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals ...

Don't put your old and obsolete phone or tablet in a drawer or box, never to be seen again. Make some money by trading it in. Or, at the very least, help conserve natural resources by recycling ...

Sixty-three-year-old Tyrone Krank’s apartment door was found unlocked, and all of his things, including his keys, phone, and ...

Setting up a new iPhone can be confusing and time consuming. Here are the best ways to transfer everything from your old phone. Jeff Carlson writes about photography and technology and is the ...