Repair Stories The History of Repair: Past Imperfect Almost 200 years ago, someone dropped a clay mug and it shattered. By modern standards, that should have been the end of mug. But it wasn’t. It took 46 metal… January 9, 2013 by Julia Bluff
iFixit iFixit in the LA Times We were featured on the front page of the LA Times! Here's a sneak peak of the article: "To IFixit staff, every high-resolution photograph of naked phone bits splayed across… December 27, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Right to Repair 2012: The Year of the Fixer We dub 2012 “the year of the fixer”: More and more people are breaking out their screwdrivers, and the headlines have been full of repair. The iPhone 5 is the… December 20, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Activism Sugru Fixer’s Manifesto If you haven't heard of Sugru, you've been missing out—it's a self-setting moldable rubber, great for repairing plastics and making small parts. Inspired by the iFixit Manifesto, Platform 21, Holstee,… December 19, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories Going Medieval on a Broken Hard Drive Repair was pretty important to medieval knights—the legendary Bavarian knight Ulrich von Lichtenstein claimed to break 300 lances in a month of jousting. So what luck that a repair-savvy knight… December 18, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Product Design Tech Manufacturers Got It Wrong: How to Design Electronics For Repair Repair is good for the planet—fixing something old instead of buying new means less toxic mining and manufacturing and less e-waste piling up in landfills. It’s also usually cheaper to… December 14, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Contests The Next Generation of Smart Product Design iFixit recently partnered with Core77 and Autodesk to host the second Design for (Your) Product Lifetime contest. We reached out to the next generation of hardware designers and asked them… December 5, 2012 by Julia Bluff
iFixit We’re Hiring: Be an iFixit Video Host! We want you to join our team! We're hiring. iFixit's YouTube channel is growing, and we're looking for another host to join our resident video maven, MJ. So, if you're… December 4, 2012 by
Fixers Radio Repair Is Better than Tinker Toys For Ken Smith, electronics repair is a lifetime obsession. He was just six years old when he bought a radio for a quarter at Goodwill. It sounded funny, so he… November 27, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
iFixit iFixit en Français! Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer que iFixit est enfin disponible en français ! Après avoir usé quelques dictionnaires Anglais-Français, et après des mois de travail, nous avons réussi à… November 21, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
