High on this year’s list of resolutions was clearing out old technology that had long passed its best-before date. Everyone – myself included – has a pile of old devices taking up space in drawers, gathering dust and generally just being useless.
Some have fallen out of favour, others no longer get software or security updates, and some are broken beyond worthwhile repair.
What to do with old devices though? Are they simply destined for the scrap heap? Not necessarily.
Your old tech may be beyond support, but if it is still working, you could transform it into something new.
Your smartphone, for example, may have outlived its usefulness as your everyday phone but it still has a lot of powerful components. Phones can become security cameras, using apps such as Alfred…