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This pocket-sized PC is made from an old smartphone motherboard

You often hear that the phone in your pocket has more processing power than the room-sized computers that NASA used to help send astronauts to the moon. But modern smartphones also have relatively limited lifespans – while some device makers are doing a better job of offering long-term support, it’s often cheaper or easier to replace an old phone than it is to fix a cracked display or replace […]

#citronics #devKit #devkit #ewaste #fairphone #fairphone2 #recycling #sbc #upcycling

Read more: https://liliputing.com/this-pocket-sized-pc-is-made-from-an-old-smartphone-motherboard/

Citronics recycle des smartphones en cartes de développement
Le Belge Citronics propose une alternative intéressante au recyclage de smartphones : leur transformation en sorte de Raspberry Pi..
https://www.minimachines.net/?p=133414 #citronics #sbc

The ear piece on my #fairphone broke the other day. Three days layer the replacement part arrived, and using nothing but an old bank card for a spudger and a single screwdriver I was able to disassemble parts of the phone, replace the earpiece and reassemble it all. This is genius!

Also found out about #Citronics which creates single board computers using recirculated phone parts (has a deal with Fairphone company) which is a very cool bit of #upcycling if you ask me. :D

Citronics built a router based on the Fairphone 2 mainboard — https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/02/citronics-built-a-router-based-on-the-fairphone-2-mainboard/
#HackerNews #Citronics #Fairphone #Router #TechInnovation #SustainableTech #OpenSource #Hardware

Nice initiative : discovered thanks to Fairphone and founded in 2021, the small Belgian company #Citronics offers "microcomputers" (in fact nanocomputers) designed from smartphone motherboards … and there is stock ! 😅

› https://citronics.eu

#CircularEconomy #EWaste #WEEE #EOL #NanoComputer #MicroComputer #Belgium #Europe #Fairphone #Upcycling

Nice initiative : discovered thanks to Fairphone and founded in 2021, the small Belgian company #Citronics offers "microcomputers" (in fact nanocomputers) designed from smartphone motherboards … and there is stock ! 😅

› https://citronics.eu

#CircularEconomy #EWaste #WEEE #EOL #NanoComputer #MicroComputer #Belgium #Europe #Fairphone #Upcycling

Nice initiative : discovered thanks to Fairphone and founded in 2021, the small Belgian company #Citronics offers "microcomputers" (in fact nanocomputers) designed from smartphone motherboards … and there is stock ! 😅

› https://citronics.eu

#CircularEconomy #EWaste #WEEE #EOL #NanoComputer #MicroComputer #Belgium #Europe #Fairphone #Upcycling

Nice initiative : discovered thanks to Fairphone and founded in 2021, the small Belgian company #Citronics offers "microcomputers" (in fact nanocomputers) designed from smartphone motherboards … and there is stock ! 😅

› https://citronics.eu

#CircularEconomy #EWaste #WEEE #EOL #NanoComputer #MicroComputer #Belgium #Europe #Fairphone #Upcycling

Nice initiative : discovered thanks to Fairphone and founded in 2021, the small Belgian company #Citronics offers "microcomputers" (in fact nanocomputers) designed from smartphone motherboards … and there is stock ! 😅

› https://citronics.eu

#CircularEconomy #EWaste #WEEE #EOL #NanoComputer #MicroComputer #Belgium #Europe #Fairphone #Upcycling

How old – and sometimes even "broken" – FP2 parts can still power microcomputers ▶️ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2024/11/28/the-fairphone-2-is-reborn-as-a-circular-microcomputer/

#Fairphone #Citronics #Fairphone2 #LowTech #Reuse #Circular #CircularEconomy #BlackFriday