Making Your Own Mobile Phone Is as Easy as Eating a Candy

It sounds like a myth, but right now, you can actually buy kids a kit for them to build their own fully functional mobile phones. With CircuitMess Ringo DIY Mobile Phone Kit and Tools, your kids will have all the components they need to make a mobile phone that supports making calls and texting, playing games, watching the time, and working with them. Virtually any carrier in the world.

The kit was originally a crowdfunding project, having raised more than $ 300,000 on Kickstarter, probably because no one believed that this project was feasible. But it turned out that nothing was impossible: just give a kid about 11 years older than a few basic electronic tools, and a detailed assembly instructions included in the kit, they will have a A real phone in less than 5 hours.

The phone will have a full color LCD screen, can play games, access applications, make calls or text like any smartphone.

But if you think this project is all about building a phone, you're wrong. Using code editing platforms like Scratch, Python, or Arduino, users can create their own games and applications, then share them via the included SD card. Games can be played using the built-in joystick game on the phone - not to mention this BIY (build-it-yourself) phone can also connect to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

The kit allows you to mount your own phone.

The device will charge via a bundled micro-USB B cable, and will last for up to 3 days after each charge.

If you have a tech enthusiast, curious about how things work, there is nothing more compelling to spur that creativity like this STEM toolkit. But even if you do not have children, installing a phone is already very interesting!

While this phone may not do everything the iPhone or Galaxy can, it is much cheaper, at only $ 179.95 ($ 15 off). And it has 4 colors to choose from: black, green, red, or blue.

Reference: BoingBoing