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CREATE A RETRO SMARTPHONE Upcycling is very much on trend and there’s all manner of media dedicated to the art transforming useless or unwanted products into all-new objects of desire. As you might expect, a cutting-edge technology like Raspberry Pi is on the very crest of this wave, putting creative reuse at the heart of its myriad uses. In the past we’ve transformed old console controllers, old cameras and even old lamps into amazing new gadgets. This issue we’ve another great project that shows you how the head of ITC at a school in North Yorkshire, UK, transformed an oldschool rotary telephone into a state-of-the-art smartphone. An amazing feat considering some his students didn’t even know how to use one! Swipe left to find out more…