Phoneblocks

Jul 10, 2025

Project Ara prototype

The prototype of Project Ara really gets me excited.

A moment from

Dave

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Extrusion machine

Extrusion hacks

blue lamp made from recycled plastic

Lamps made in Korea

Youtube channel

1 Million!

2 man in front of recycled sheet

First sheets from Nigeria

man and children talking about plastic

Kenya visit

parts of a phone

Modular phone in progress

Pallet with disassembled machine

Flatpack Sheetpress

man wiring cables for recycling machine

Late wiring

Lunch

Lunch

Dave in Silicon Valley

Phoneblocks worldwide

Dave's setup for the extrusion.

Prototype Extrusion

Worry bead mould for recycled plastic

Worry beads mould

Extrusion machine

Design of the year nominee

4 men with recycled bricks

Bricks from ocean plastic

Sheetpress machine

Playful Sheetpress

Group of people serving food

Precious Plastic Version 4 team enjoying a vegan lunch

Containers being unloaded

Basekamp is almost ready!

Woman standing on landfill

Precious Plastic pilot #3 in the Maldives

Woman working on a lathe

Carolina making stuff in the workspace

plastic waste from the beach

Ocean Plastic