Teardowns Samsung Galaxy S III Teardown The Samsung Galaxy S III was supposed to land in our hands today, but shipping delays can affect the best of us. Thankfully, our Canadian heroes at Chipworks came to the… June 1, 2012 by Miro Djuric
Gadgets The Inner Workings of the Nook’s GlowLight We just had to sneak a peek into Barnes & Noble's GlowLight technology. And what better way to accomplish this than through a proper teardown? Although the tech seemed super-simple… May 31, 2012 by Miro Djuric
How To How to Get Back On the Bicycle Repair Saddle Spring has fully sprung in the northern hemisphere, and the warm air and sunshine are perfect for bike riding. Many of you may just be breaking out your bikes again… May 25, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories Self-Repair Means Never Having to Say “The End” For lots of people, when a device breaks, that's the end of the story. Glass is shattered. Battery's dead. Connectors aren't connecting. Lights aren't turning on. Chapter done, book closed.… May 23, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Events We’ll Be at Maker Faire This Weekend! The annual Bay Area Maker Faire is this weekend, May 19th and 20th, at the San Mateo Event Center in San Mateo, CA. There will be giant musical tesla coils,… May 18, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
E-Waste Kyle Testifies at USITC Hearing on E-Waste Kyle spoke this week at a U.S. International Trade Commission hearing on used electronics exports. The hearing will be an important source for a USITC study for the U.S. Trade… May 18, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Tech News Open Sesame: Woz Joins the Call For a More Open Apple Apple has made a lot of proprietary, anti-open-source business decisions lately: Pentalobe screws to keep you out of your phone, super-strong adhesives to keep you out of your iPad, and… May 17, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Fixers Computer Repair Is the New Lemonade Stand Fourteen-year-old Owen Cunneely once spent five hours chipping tiny pieces of broken glass off a MacBook Pro screen with a metal spudger. The laptop's screen was horrifically shattered—he couldn't get… May 16, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories When Learning How to Solder a Cell Phone, the Devil’s in the Details Component-level repair cell phone repair is becoming increasingly uncommon in the west. But in Delhi, any good mobile repair worker knows how to solder. I took this photo in a… May 12, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Teardowns Introducing New Mirrored iPhone 4/ iPhone 4S Rear Panels! You have something in your teeth, and we wouldn’t have to be the ones to tell you if you’d just carry a mirror. And before you go telling us how… May 10, 2012 by
