India, March 10 -- A Bengaluru techie has found a creative way to blend nostalgia with modern technology. By transforming his grandfather's old rotary phone into an artificial intelligence powered assistant, the engineer has caught the attention of social media users online.

Taking to X, the man identified as Pankaj Tanwar shared how he converted the vintage device into a working AI assistant that now sits on his desk.

"I was tired of talking to ugly plastic boxes. So I turned my grandfather's old rotary phone into an AI assistant. I pick it up, say 'Hey Kiri' and just talk like book a cab, schedule a meeting, order me maggi, turn off the lights, summarise my emails literally anything and it just does it," he wrote.

In the post, Tanwar...