Fixers What’s Your Fixophobia? Since I announced to the world that I’m a Female Fixoholic back in September, my inbox has been pretty full. Apparently, people think I’m a repair expert. I don’t know… January 21, 2014 by Cait Emma Smith
Consumer Rights The End of Ownership Rights: Why You Need to Fight America’s Copyright Laws When you purchase a physical object, you don’t actually buy the software in it — that code belongs to someone else. If you do something the manufacturer doesn’t like —… January 17, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Fixers How Tinkerers Can Make the World Better We somehow managed to miss this brilliant TED Talk by Vinay Venkatraman when it came out, but it's a great testimony to the ingenuity of tinkerers around the world. These… January 10, 2014 by Julia Bluff
E-Waste We’re Losing the War against E-Waste, New Report Says The post-Christmas season is an e-waste high water mark in the United States. New computers, phone docks, wireless speakers, and watches under the Christmas tree crowd out the old(er) ones.… January 9, 2014 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Teardowns Mac Pro Teardown 2: Teardown Harder Not sated by our initial findings, we decided to take a second look at the seemingly innocuous fan assembly that caps the new Mac Pro. Tucked beneath one of the… January 3, 2014 by Andrew Goldheart
How To 5 Easy Repairs to Keep Your Repair Resolution This year, the iFixit team has launched the repair pledge. Thousands across the globe have already taken the pledge. They've committed to foster repair education, combat throw away culture, and… January 2, 2014 by Cait Emma Smith
Teardowns Mac Pro Teardown Beneath the surface, the Mac Pro's compact, three-sided design is like nothing we've ever seen before—an example of what engineers can do when they think outside of the box. The… December 31, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Site News It’s Time for a Repair Resolution There’s a reason why MacGyver never goes out of style. It’s because he’s awesome. This year, iFixit is asking everyone to be awesome, too. Awesome like MacGyver. Sign up for… December 30, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Gadgets Our First Look at the Xbox One Kinect IR Field We modified a Canon PowerShot SX120 to detect infrared light, hooked up our new Xbox One, and pointed the Kinect at a white backdrop. And got...a bright patch of infrared… December 25, 2013 by Andrew Goldheart
Recycling Pope Praises Informal Recyclers Reuse just got one more advocate: Pope Francis. The newly instated Pope, who has long been an activist for the world's poor, recently commended the efforts of the world's "cartoneros"—informal… December 21, 2013 by Julia Bluff
