Devices don’t really die.
Outdated smartphones, old TVs, dead projectors — most people toss them the moment one part fails. What’s the real cost of inefficient recycling?.
Wake the sleeping one instead
Upload a photo of any old device now” → goes straight to the core AI flow + shows exactly how much money you can save and how many penguins you can save.
Buying new feels easy, but…
Resource is limited
Every “upgrade” triggers mines ripping open for rare metals, factories burning coal to smelt them, and cargo ships crossing oceans to deliver the box.
Not buying is better
Repairing or repurposing a phone instead of replacing it cuts emissions by up to 87%.
Nature is affected
Only 22.3% of the world’s electronic waste was formally recycled in 2022. The rest piles up in landfills or shipped overseas where it poisons soil and rivers.
Critical materials
A 55-inch TV panel alone costs hundreds of dollars just in raw components, critical materials and energy to produce.
We are building The Afterlife OS for dead devices
A closed-loop, high-margin flywheel.
We buy broken devices at 5-15 % of residual value through instant offers.
Every device is triaged by our AI:
→ 25% are repaired and resold on our marketplace at 30-50% gross margin
→ 55% are parted out; tested screens, batteries, boards, and rare-earth magnets are sold B2B at 30-50% margin
→ critical materials (cobalt, lithium, gold, neodymium) are aggregated and sold to refiners under long-term offtake contracts
→ the best 20% of casings and logic boards feed our Repair-as-a-Service network of micro-factories, generating recurring 30-50% margin service fees.
This AI engine is white-labeled to brands (60-70% margin recurring SaaS) while every avoided kilogram of CO2 is certified and monetized as Verra/Gold Standard carbon credits (90%+ margin).
One device entering the system creates 4–7 separate revenue lines and funds the buy-back war-chest for the next loop.
World’s Smartest Device Afterlife AI
White-label our triage engine → 3× higher return rates, 87% repair yield, instant buy-back offers, and full carbon-credit revenue share. Zero capex for you.
Distributed repair & recycle network
Plug into our 200+ micro-factory partners → local repair, certified refurb, or responsible recycling with tracked chain-of-custody and audited CO2 avoidance.
Critical materials extraction partnership
Direct, quarterly-fixed contracts for battery-grade cobalt, lithium, rare-earth magnets, and gold recovered from urban stock. Full traceability, 30-50 % below virgin prices, locked for 2026–2030.
New life for household electronic devices
Recycling electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) is just as important as any other recycling – and much easier than you think!
Features of Make Something From
Check the features we focus on below
Fix It Network
To inspire less buying, we are building a fast & easy repair service nearby.
Dump Map
Find where you can find dumped e-Waste and make something from them.
Junk Radar
Get a notification of any unused electronic near you going to be dumped soon.
Real Cost
What’s the real energy/cost of a device that you are going to throw away?
Shop DIY Projects
Sell or shop DIY projects made from everyday electronic gadgets around.
Get help from AI
Our AI will help you make things. Afterlife OS will revive your old devices.
“…Their AI-driven DIY approach allowed me to make use of so many things. Including my underutilized TIME…”
AIRBUS YNNUS
“…It changed my perspective on how to bring the maximum impact out of anything…”
NIKIA NAKH
How Many Penguins Did Your New Phone Kill?
- Mining 32 g of cobalt dug by hand in Congo → 41 children’s daily wages lost.
- 17 rare earth elements → 68% controlled by one country.
- 78 kg CO2 before you opened the box = driving Berlin → Madrid. Crossed the Pacific twice on diesel ships.
- Charging it 400 times = another 18 kg CO2.
- If thrown away today → 0.7 kg ends up in Ghana’s largest e-waste slum.
- Your phone has the same climate impact as 612 penguins displaced or killed.