Manuel Lucio Dallo wanted to help his 96-year-old grandmother communicate with her children and grandchildren during the pandemic lockdown in Burgos, Spain. His solution was to build a telegram messaging machine, which he has named 'YaYagram'." "Yaya" is slang for "granny" in Castillian, Dallo told The Verge, "a warm way to refer to your grandmother." Sending and receiving voice and text messages using the device replicates an old-fashioned telephone switchboard to transmit messages to cellphones without using touchscreen technology. For Dallo's yaya, it has made a world of difference. She can now communicate with her children and grandchildren with ease and independence.
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