Sick of all the mobile phones on offer in stores? Perhaps what you need is the chance to build one yourself. Going one step beyond Motorola's Moto Maker, an MIT student has released plans for a ...

DIY phone camera lenses and filters Use these everyday items to make your own phone camera accessories, including a macro lens and ring light.

MIT PhD student David Mellis has designed and built a fully operational mobile phone, named the DIY Cellphone, using about US$150-worth of parts.

With two dirt-cheap parts and some glue, you can cobble together a rock-solid dashboard mount that's custom-fitted to your phone.

Consumer Reports tried some cheaper DIY repair kits to see how easy it is to go from shattered to smooth.

TODAY Home has got a couple incredibly trick to make your own amplification system using things you can find around your own house.

Or a picture phone. In 1982, Radio Electronics, a major magazine of the day, showed plans for building a picture phone.