Events Going to Macworld? We Are This weekend, we’ll be in San Francisco at Macworld | iWorld, the annual Apple fan convention held from January 26-28 at the Moscone Center. We’ll be presenting at three events… January 23, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories Marcel Musee’s MacGyvered Mac Mini Marcel Musee wrote in to tell me about an unconventional repair he made on his Mac Mini—proof that you don’t always need high-tech tools to fix high-tech equipment. While upgrading… January 23, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Product Design Ever Broken a Textbook Beyond Repair? Now, with iBooks, You Can! Apple recently announced iBooks 2, iBooks Textbooks, and iBooks Author. If all your textbooks are on your iPad, what happens when it breaks? January 23, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
E-Waste Carrying CRTs at Lajpat Rai Market At the Lajpat Rai electronics market in Delhi, India, nobody bats an eye when a man walks by carrying a stack of cathode ray tubes (CRTs) on his head. Kyle… January 22, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
E-Waste Computer Disassembly in Agbogbloshie Kyle took this photo right at the entrance to the big Ghana electronics scrapyard Agbogbloshie. Many photos from the scrapyard show disorganized piles of discarded electronics equipment. But the computer… January 21, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories Yes, the iPad 2 is Repairable, but Just Barely A couple of weeks ago, iFixit programmer Tony Gines aimed a hair dryer at a bunch of broken glass in his living room. Then, armed with only bare fingers and… January 20, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Recycling Picking Through Trash: Finding a Good E-Waste Recycler Not every recycling company is worthy of your e-waste. Before you pick a recycling company, do some research about what they do with the hardware they receive—if they can't or… January 18, 2012 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Fixers Inside a Water-Pump Repair Shop in Kenya Kikuyu farmers would be in serious trouble when their water pumps broke down were it not for Simon Njugi. This post was originally published in The Atlantic on November 9, 2011. Brian X. Chen and Kyle… January 18, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Fixers Meet Saleh, Egypt’s Master Car Mechanic An adventure in Herefyeen, a car-repair district on the outskirts of Cairo. This post was originally published in The Atlantic on October 25, 2011. Brian X. Chen and Kyle Wiens contributed to this story. A small, red… January 18, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
Fixers Political Tensions Heat Up Cairo, But Repairmen Carry On Kyle Wiens, founder of iFixit, is leading a team of journalists on a documentary trip in Africa to meet the community of electronics technicians who fix and remake the world’s… January 18, 2012 by Kyle Wiens - iFixit
