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1907 Skype Phone
Courtesy of Nick McGill
Nick McGill salvaged this case from a secondhand shop and reengineered it to plug into a PC and make calls over the Internet. He whittled down parts from a computer headset and hot-glued them into the mouthpiece and earpieces. The microphone wires had to be cut, soldered, and heat-shrunk back together. Details at: instructables.com
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1960 Computer
Courtesy of Rebecca Hinden
Onomy Labs modded this iconic Philco Predicta "Continental" TV to house a computer with a 1,600-by-1,200-pixel LCD screen, as well as an iSight web-cam. The original speaker and volume knob still work, and the channel knob can be used as a controller for teleconferencing and other applications. Details at: onomy.com
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