Product Design Finally, An Infographic We Can Endorse: Design for Product Lifetime Sometimes we feel like a broken record, calling for repairable design. Electronics should be made with modular parts. Screws, not glues. Quality, durable materials. Service documentation should be clear and… July 16, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Product Design Welcome Back: Apple Rejoins EPEAT Congratulations, Apple, and thank you for reaffirming your environmental commitment. Last week, we reported that Apple had dropped out of the EPA green consumer electronics standard, the Electronic Product Environmental… July 13, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
E-Waste Far More Gold Is in E-Waste than in Gold Ore Electronic waste contains 40-50 times the amount of gold in ore mined from the ground, according to a report last week by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative and the United Nations… July 12, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
E-Waste Apple Ditches Green Standard, Cuts Federal Agencies from Products Federal agencies can no longer buy Apple products for their offices. According to a recent announcement, Apple will be pulling all of their products from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment… July 6, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Gadgets Google Nexus Q Teardown Did it come from outer space? Did it rise up from the depths of the lost city of Atlantis? How much of it was really made in the United States?… July 5, 2012 by Miro Djuric
Teardowns Google Nexus 7 Teardown Today we delved inside a Nexus 7, Google / Asus' new 7-inch tablet. What did we find? Sometimes the biggest difference can be the most minute of all. The Nexus… July 3, 2012 by Miro Djuric
iFixit New Android iFixit App Hey, you with the Android! Can’t get enough of iFixit? Want to spend even more of your waking hours perusing our collection of cool repair guides and nifty teardowns? Then,… July 3, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Contests Design a Smarter Smart Product, Win Up to $2500 in Prizes So here's a challenge for the students among you: Can you design a smarter "smart" product? Can you make a product that is connected and wired, but also environmentally smart—repairable… July 3, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Product Design Unfixable Computers Are Leading Humanity Down a Perilous Path I dream of a sustainable technology industry that makes life-changing innovations like the iPad available to everyone on the planet. But I have a message for Jonathan Ive. I think… June 22, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Teardowns Mid 2012 MacBook Pro Teardown While its sibling with the Retina display may have stolen all the press, today's MacBook Pro is nothing to scoff at. It's way more repairable, upgradeable, and hackable than its… June 20, 2012 by Miro Djuric
