E-Waste High Tech Isn’t as Clean as It Looks: The Story of Electronics The Story of Electronics is about our relationship with the stuff we own and the consequences of consumer habits. The video is a great primer on e-waste issues. In the… February 4, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Events Opening Things That Aren’t Openable: iFixit Talks Repair at Macworld MJ spoke with iFixit users at Macworld last week about how they found iFixit and the repairs they've done with the help of our guides: they've changed iPhone batteries, replaced… February 3, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories Repair that Matters In Cameroon, there are only 8 motor vehicles per 100 people, which means that the vehicles they have need to work for a lot of people and last a long… February 2, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Recycling UK Company ReVend Revamps Fluorescent Light Bulb Recycling Lots of people know that they shouldn't be throwing away batteries, fluorescent light bulbs, and other pieces of household hazardous waste. But what should you be doing instead? The UK… February 2, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Tools Rickshaw Repair Tool Camouflage Last week, I posted about a rickshaw repair shop in Delhi, showing off some photos of a man putting spokes on a wheel by hand. Today, I want to show… February 1, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Fixers New York Fixers Collective Breaks the Mold by Fixing Stuff Together Collaboration is so widely and enthusiastically lauded that even the word "teamwork" feels like a cliché. Yet, much repair ends up being a solitary experience. If you're looking for a… February 1, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Activism Jailbreaking Is Not a Crime: An Interview with bunnie Huang If you want it to be legal to jailbreak or root your iPhone, iPad, or Xbox, you don't have long to tell the US Copyright Office. We talk a lot… January 31, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Product Design Autodesk Endorses Repair Manifesto, Teaches Repairable Design Our Self-Repair Manifesto declares that we all should hold companies accountable for making repairable and serviceable devices: we need standard screw heads, snaps and screws rather than glues, and readily… January 31, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories Seating a Tire Bead with Fire in Kenya The man squatting on the ground put a little bit of gasoline around the rim, then lit it on fire. The tire then popped into place. January 30, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Fixers Sewing Machine Repair in Seelampur India is the second largest producer of textiles in the world, after China; it produces 23% of the world's textiles, by spindles. Seelampur (also spelled Silampur) in northeast Delhi is… January 29, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
