Samsung initiated an extremely interesting program called Upcycling, with the aim of "giving a new life" to old mobile phones that people would have thrown away. To exemplify the idea behind the program, Samsung used 40 old Galaxy S5 phones to create a set-up that produces bitcoins, with all phones having a new operating system installed for the initiative.
Samsung introduced the idea of Upcycling during a conference in the USA, the company having a dedicated team to create projects of this kind with old Galaxy phones. Separate from the phones used to make bitcoins, the Samsung company used an old Samsung Galaxy S3 to turn it into a monitor for an aquarium, and another model became a facial recognition system to facilitate access to homes.
Considering that Samsung phones can be tricked with pictures, it is not very advisable for a house to be protected with such a system, but even so, Samsung engineers are starting to get creative. Those from Samsung even boasted that the Samsung Galaxy S5 phones are more efficient at creating bitcoins in a more efficient way than normal computers, especially since they don't run special applications for that.
I have to admit that the ideas from Samsung are extremely interesting, too Upcycling it is a project that deserves to be in the attention of people all over the world. How successful this new initiative from Samsung will be is hard to say, but it seems quite clear that in South Korea there are people who want to show that Samsung is capable of innovating, not just copying others .
"This innovative platform provides an environmentally responsible way for old Galaxy mobile devices to breathe new life, providing new possibilities and potential extended value for devices that might otherwise be forgotten in desk drawers or discarded."
