Low-Tech Hacks for High-Tech Gadgets

Use inexpensive ear plugs to replace a busted earbud.


Keep your charger from breaking so easily with a spring from a pen.

Turns out anything can become a smartphone stand, like a cassette case.

Or a gift card.

(Gift cards also make easy earbud holders.)

Back to stands: You can use a wallet.

A hairclip.

Or a toilet paper holder.
Make a tablet stand for 50 cents from a scrap of wood.

Suspend your tablet over your bed with coat hangers.