Repair Stories One Simple Thing: GungGung’s Repair Legacy It’s likely you’ve seen today’s fashionistas sporting bright, chunky watches—with shimmer and diamonds. Watches that proudly show off classy brand names like Michael, Kate, or Marc. And while I do enjoy… September 12, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Repair Stories Let Boys Be Boys: Confessions of a Female Fixoholic Alright, so I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. But you gotta promise you won’t tell my fellow iFixiters. I’m not a fixer. I don’t fix my computer… September 3, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Fixers Down in the Bamboo Bike Belt… We love bikes. Better yet, we love cool looking, locally-sourced, job producing bikes. Apparently bamboo bikes are the answer. The Semester Bicycle, a Kickstarter project in the "Black Belt" of Alabama, is creating a… August 30, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Repair Stories Confessions from the Classroom: What I Learned About Students I’m a technical writer, a solar physicist, a masseuse. But I never thought I’d be a teacher until I came to iFixit. I direct iFixit’s technical writing service learning project.… August 27, 2013 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit
Teardowns Moto X Teardown: Tons of New Innovations After being acquired by Google, Motorola took a fresh look at smartphone design — from the inside. Among the usual suspects (cameras, chips, display) in the Moto X are some… August 26, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Repair Stories Repair to the Rescue: An iPhone 3GS Screen Repair Nine-year-old Whitney has a rare genetic disorder, 1p36 deletion syndrome, which makes hearing and speaking difficult. She relies on her iPhone 3GS to communicate both at home and at school.… August 21, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Fixers I, (Printed My) Robot No, no these aren't trailers for I, Robot, the sequel. But they could be. Gael Langevin, a French sculptor and model-maker, has been working for over year on this open-source,… August 19, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
iFixit 10 Years, 10 Things You Didn’t Know About iFixit We're celebrating 10 years of yummy repair-goodness. Our community grows with every contributor and every fixer, and we're incredibly grateful for all the support you've given iFixit over the years.… August 7, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
iFixit 10 Years of Repair: A Look Back at iFixit iFixit is celebrating our 10th anniversary! It’s been an amazing ten years. We're repair fanatics, and we’re grateful to have done something we love for the last decade. But, most… August 6, 2013 by Julia Bluff
Fixers Repair Cafes Fix Stuff, Bring Communities Together Last year, The New York Times went to the Netherlands to report on a new brand of social activism: The Repair Café. Staffed by volunteers, Repair Cafés are a place… August 5, 2013 by Julia Bluff