Interested in learning about the inner workings of a modern cell phone and perhaps building one yourself? Look no further than MAKERphone, the educational DIY mobile phone that you build and code yourself. Yes, you read that correctly. This kit allows you to fashion a fully functional mobile phone capable of making calls, running cat videos on repeat and playing basic games like Space Invaders, Pong or Snake. As you might have already guessed, this is not a fully-fledged smartphone capable of connecting all your Faceplaces to your Mysites. But in addition to not having to worry about your identity getting hacked, you’ll learn about resistors, basic electronics, soldering, smartphone operations, coding, programming languages and a whole host of other marketable skills as you make the leap from consumer to creator. MAKERphone makes it easy to up your personal knowledge game while also cutting off Big Brother at the knees.
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Huckberry’s Essential Holiday Gift Guide
Unzip your coat and have some mulled wine on the house—you’ve arrived at your final gifting destination: The Holiday Gift Guide. It’s like your friendly neighborhood one-stop holiday shop, except instead of balsa wood ornaments, ours is packed with thoughtful gifts for everyone on your list. Future heirlooms, small-but-significant stocking stuffers, and gear for getting out there (or staying in)—are all right here. There’s no music playing in the background though, so you’ll just have to hum Bing Crosby while you click around instead.
