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Old Smartphones Turned Into DIY Robots
Original: Don't Throw Away Your Old Phone — Build a Robot Instead
Makers are being urged to repurpose discarded smartphones instead of throwing them away, by turning the devices into the brains of homemade robots. A guide circulating in the robotics community shows how an old phone's camera, sensors and processing power can drive a simple DIY robot, giving the hardware a second life.
Why now: Growing interest in e-waste reduction and cheap DIY robotics projects.
Hackster.ioDIY robotics community
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 10 snapshots from 13 h ago to 1 h ago.
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- Don't Throw Away Your Old Phone — Build a Robot Instead · Hackster.io
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