Upcycled Technology: Clever Projects You Can Do With Your Discarded Tech
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Overview
DIY science projects using old tech to create new zombie tech—an eco-friendly, fantastic way to learn about today’s technology.
We all have a drawer or closet full of old discarded tech just sitting around, gathering dust. Memories of a bygone technological era that have been replaced by newer, shiner, smarter devices. What can you do with them? Most of us don’t even know how to properly dispose of them. If only there was a way to save them from their untimely fate.
Well empty out that drawer and grab a screwdriver because the time has come to bring these old devices back from the grave! Old technology may no longer be useful, but it isn’t useless. Hidden inside often-discarded devices is a treasure trove of motors, magnets, screens, and other parts just waiting for a chance to be upcycled! And this type of “upcycling” doesn’t mean turning an old CD into a coaster, it means something a little more hardcore, like . . .
· How to make a great Wi-Fi security camera with an old cell phone
· How to make a basic 3D printer out of old computer disk drives
· What can be made with the rare-earth magnets inside old hard drives or the reusable LCD screens in old phones
· And much more
Fans of Popular Science, Smithsonian’s Maker Lab, and The Big Book of Makerspace Projects will love Upcycled Technology.
We all have a drawer or closet full of old discarded tech just sitting around, gathering dust. Memories of a bygone technological era that have been replaced by newer, shiner, smarter devices. What can you do with them? Most of us don’t even know how to properly dispose of them. If only there was a way to save them from their untimely fate.
Well empty out that drawer and grab a screwdriver because the time has come to bring these old devices back from the grave! Old technology may no longer be useful, but it isn’t useless. Hidden inside often-discarded devices is a treasure trove of motors, magnets, screens, and other parts just waiting for a chance to be upcycled! And this type of “upcycling” doesn’t mean turning an old CD into a coaster, it means something a little more hardcore, like . . .
· How to make a great Wi-Fi security camera with an old cell phone
· How to make a basic 3D printer out of old computer disk drives
· What can be made with the rare-earth magnets inside old hard drives or the reusable LCD screens in old phones
· And much more
Fans of Popular Science, Smithsonian’s Maker Lab, and The Big Book of Makerspace Projects will love Upcycled Technology.
- Title: Upcycled Technology: Clever Projects You Can Do With Your Discarded Tech
- Author: Daniel Davis
- Series: Tinkernut
- Publisher: Mango Media
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781633539105, 9781633539099, 1633539091, 1633539105
- Resource ID: LLS:9781633539105
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-21T12:17:53Z
Daniel Davis is an IT professional and Youtube personality with an insatiable curiosity and a propensity for tinkering. Using his desire to constantly learn and share what he's learned, Daniel founded the STEM focused Tinkernut, LLC (www.tinkernut.com) to teach people more about tinkering, hacking, and programming. His efforts through Tinkernut, LLC have been featured and published in several major websites, blogs, textbooks, and magazines. Aside from learning and teaching, Daniel is also an active supporter and member of local maker spaces and maker space initiatives.