While you might not exactly get a gold medal by winning the Dead Computer Contest over on Instructables, you might be able to make yourself one!
It turns out that the Olympic medals awarded in this year’s winter games contain recycled precious metals sourced from broken electronics and appliances. Although, there is only a small [...]

Do you have a great idea for reusing a computer that wasn’t in 62 Projects to Make with a Dead Computer? Or perhaps you have an awesome new way to improve upon one of the projects that was?
Well, if you do, you are in luck! I am currently sponsoring a computer reuse contest on [...]

I recently gave an interview for the New York Times Bits Blog. It was a pretty cool experience because it was recorded for this podcast. I believe this is the first time I’ve been in a podcast, which is pretty cool because podcast sounds like something out of a sci-fi movie. For instance…”Quick everyone, climb [...]

For the past seven years, I’ve had a broken digital camera lying around. It is still able to take pictures, but it is almost impossible to use on account of a broken screen. The fundamental problem is that sometimes the menu will accidentally get turned on, and not being able to see the screen, I [...]