Not sure what to do with your not-so-popular tablet anymore? We have some ideas for you...

Eryn Leavens, Special Features & Copy Editor

May 22, 2015

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Blame it on any number of factors, but it's indisputable that the past few years have heralded the downfall of the shiny tablet.

Not even Apple is immune to the decline. Since then, PC sales have increased and smartphone sales are on the high side of stable, demoting the forgotten tablet to a lowly reminder of tech gone by.

Don't despair though -- you've got options. If you have an extra lying around, or you're just more into your oversized smartphone than your undersized computer, we've drummed up some alternate use ideas for you.

Click through to see our genius suggestions for your tablet's second life. From iPads as roof tiles to Minis as coffee coasters, we've got you covered.

Make sure to let us know in the comments about your ideas for tablet afterlife as well! The possibilities are endless.

Figure 1: Chopping Board Turns out this one already exists! WiFi food prep stations are going to be big with IoT in a few years. Just ask Ikea. It looks like you won't have to make knife marks in your existing tablet after all. Turns out this one already exists! WiFi food prep stations are going to be big with IoT in a few years. Just ask Ikea. It looks like you won't have to make knife marks in your existing tablet after all.

— Eryn Leavens, Copy Desk Editor, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Eryn Leavens

Special Features & Copy Editor

Eryn Leavens, who joined Light Reading in January 2015, attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before earning her BA in creative writing and studio arts from Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. She also completed UC Berkeley Extension's Professional Sequence in Editing.

She stumbled into tech copy editing after red-penning her way through several Bay Area book publishers, including Chronicle Books, Counterpoint Press/Soft Skull Press and Seal Press. She spends her free time lifting heavy things, growing her own food, animal wrangling and throwing bowls on the pottery wheel. She lives in Alameda, Calif., with two cats and two greyhounds.

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