Users online have reported that some landlines still allow them to use their rotary phones. Rotary phones use what is known ...

Convert an old rotary phone into a ChatGPT hotline for a unique interactive experience. Combine vintage dialing with modern AI technology for a surprising and delightful communication. Reuse old ...

Stavros Korokithakis really wanted to slam the receiver on meetings, so he built his own device to do just that We've all been there: A meeting goes sideways and you really wish you could physically ...

SparkFun Electronics, described to me as a “couple guys out in Colorado,” are offering these hand-made rotary GSM cellular phones. They’re not cheap, at $400 a pop, but they’re not easy to make, ...

Dialing a rotary phone, waiting for a page to load, sending a handwritten letter. Before instant messaging, streaming, and 24/7 notifications, life naturally required patience and presence. According ...

[Yaymukund] made an interesting observation. Old-style rotary phones were made to last and made for service. Why? Because you didn’t own them, the phone company did. There was no advantage for them ...

We suspect kids today — and some adults — are confused about phone terminology. In today’s world, “hanging up” and “dialing,” for example, are abstract words without the physical reference that older ...

An American space engineer has built her own, one-of-a-kind cell phone with a ROTARY DIAL because she despises smartphones and texting. Justine Haupt, from Eastern Long Island, spent three years ...