Samsung is starting a new “Upcycling” initiative that is designed to turn old smartphones into something new, such as this bitcoin mining rig, made out of 40 old Galaxy S5 devices, which runs on a new operating system Samsung has developed for its upcycling initiative. Upcycling involves repurposing old devices instead of breaking them down for parts of reselling them.



Samsung declined to answer specific questions about the bitcoin mining rig, but an information sheet at the developer’s conference noted that eight galaxy S5 devices can mine at a greater power efficiency than a standard desktop computer (not that too many people are mining bitcoin on their desktops these days). It’s all very cool and Samsung plans to release both the software it used to unlock the phones as well as the various plans for the projects online for free.

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