An Old Samsung Phone Becomes An Awesome New Tiny Tv Set

Over at Hack-a-Day, there’s a neat (literally) little project for people with an older Android phone sitting around. A trinket model TV made of scrap wood and cardboard becomes a perfect tiny TV when paired with a Samsung I9000. Of course, no tiny console TV is complete without a clunky remote. In this case, the remote (which was basically the size of the whole set) was outfitted with a Bluetooth chip and a microcontroller to enable easy channel flipping – or whatever way you might control video on this. Creator Alec Smecher posted the instructions on Cassette Punk, though given that the TV body was a souvenir from Mexico, you might end up having to build your own TV for it. It’s still an impressive piece of machinery and a great way to make new use of an old phone. View full post on YoutubeSource: Hack-a-DayJohn WenzWriterJohn Wenz is a Popular Mechanics writer and space obsessive based in Philadelphia. He tweets @johnwenz.