These mechanical symphonies of rotary phones, dial-up modems, and typewriter keys aren't just nostalgic noise—they're the DNA ...

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 ...

We’re not sure about the rest of you, but to us, a keyboard without a number pad all the way over to the right just seems kind of — naked? We might not be accountants, but there’s something comforting ...

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 ...

Almost accidentally, we have a new addition to our living room décor that has prompted much conversation among our friends. In July, we made a trip to Monroe to visit friends who took us to all sorts ...

You can use an old rotary telephone dialer in conjunction with your microcontroller to implement all sorts of things; for example, you could use it to enter a series of numbers to unlock a safe. You ...

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 ...

There’s something special about growing up in a world of rotary phones and VHS tapes. It might not seem like it, but it equipped us with some unique skills. You see, in an era before smartphones and ...

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Telephones in the ’20s typically had a separate mouthpiece and receiver. The design was known as the candlestick design, and newer versions had a dial on the front, allowing a person to call numbers ...

Jose Lopez of Cohoes felt powerless to help his grandmother during Hurricane Fiona, but he knows she's alive because she can talk on her old-style phone Adelaide Gonzalez, left, poses with a family ...