Things you can make from old, dead laptops

Summary by Krater

The video demonstrates how to repurpose components from broken or old laptops, such as speakers, cooling systems, screens, webcams, hard drives, and battery cells, into new DIY projects like Bluetooth speakers, lamps, and home security systems.

From the video

Answers: What can you do with an old or broken laptop?

• Repurposing old laptop speakers into a Bluetooth speaker
• Turning laptop cooling systems into LED desk lamps
• Making false windows and wall lights using laptop screens
• Creating nightlights from acrylic back panels and LED filaments
• Turning laptop hard drive platters into wind chimes and analog clocks
• Building a headset microphone from laptop mic components
• Reusing 18650 battery cells from laptop battery packs
• Repurposing laptop webcams into a home security system

What it concludes

• Laptop speakers from around 2008 often have very good audio quality and can be repurposed into a wireless Bluetooth speaker system.
• Laptop cooling systems are ideal for reusing to cool high-power LEDs when attached with thermally conductive glue.
• Laptop screens can be disassembled to provide diffusion sheets, Fresnel lenses, and acrylic back panels for use in soft lighting and wall art.
• Small microphones from laptops can be wired into a shielded audio cable and amplified to create a high-quality communication microphone for headsets.
• Laptop hard drive platters and actuator heads can be repurposed into decorative items like wind chimes, clocks, or even a visual V/U meter.
• Old laptop battery packs contain 18650 battery cells that can be safely removed and reused with protective battery bank cases.