The invention of the transistor ushered in a lot of technologies that we now take for granted, and one of the less-thought-about areas that it improved living conditions worldwide was by making the ...

Ever fancied creating your very own Arduino mobile phone? If you have, Adafruit has published detailed instructions on how to use the Arduino platform to create your very own custom mobile phone. This ...

A lot of phrases surrounding phones don’t make sense anymore. With a modern cellphone, you don’t really “hang up” and there’s certainly no “dial” to be had. However, with [jakeofalltrades’] project, ...

Makers and ordering your enthusiasts looking for a new project to keep them busy may be interested in this new Arduino rotary phone hack which uses an Arduino Pro Mini and a SIM900 GSM shield. Created ...

Microblogging is getting an old-school twist with Tweephone, an “analog” Twitter client that uses a rotary dial phone to send out your 140-character missives. Microblogging is getting an old-school ...

This one caught my eye on twitter – a Redditor has converted a 1961 Western Electric Model 500 old-style telephone into a rotary cell phone using Arduino. It’s an impressive project that not only uses ...

Nobody has ever wished that Twitter's 140-character limit were even stricter, but then, nobody before had ever tried Tweeting from an old-school rotary-dial phone. Enter Tweephone, a phone that will ...