Repair Stories Tinkering Teen Repairs SWAT Robot for Police Meet Dallas-area teen Adrian Mayberry. Until recently, he was just a regular kid who liked to tinker with robots. Now, he's the Duncanville Police Department's personal repair whiz kid—after he… January 25, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Activism Meet The Restart Project Recently, one of our personal repair heroes stopped by iFixit’s California office. And we couldn’t resist the urge to talk shop. Janet Gunter is the co-founder of The Restart Project—an… January 21, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Fixers 5 Groups of Awesome Women Who Fix Stuff Repair can be a rather male domain: women make up just 7% of computer repair techs, and only 2% of car repair techs. But we know a lot of fixy… January 19, 2016 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Right to Repair HackerOne: GM Makes Friends with Car Hackers General Motors just backpedaled its position on car hacking. The carmaker recently opened a pathway for non-malicious hackers to report security vulnerabilities in GM cars, reports Wired—despite previously opposing efforts… January 15, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Fixers This Cleverly Modified Bike Is a Sharp Idea In India, cycling isn’t a pastime; it’s a necessity. On the streets of Mumbai, you’ll see hawkers and farmers alike, peddling modified transport bikes (think pallets, rope, and training wheels)—going… January 13, 2016 by Evan Noronha
Product Design Smart Fridges Are Still a Dumb Idea Last week, Samsung hyped its new smart fridge at the Consumer Electronic Show—and, predictably, found the Internet decidedly un-hyped. The “Family Hub” fridge comes equipped with a 21.5-inch touch screen… January 7, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Fixers These High Schoolers Are Getting Resourceful with Their Broken Phones In New York City, a student at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School stuck his head through the doorframe and gave Jeannie Crowley an inquisitive look. “I heard you guys are… January 5, 2016 by Julia Bluff
Site News iFixit 2015: Year in Review Before we go crashing into January (and the future!), we decided to take some time to look back at all iFixit and our amazing community got up to in 2015.… December 31, 2015 by Taylor Whitney
Product Design Broken Is a State of Mind, Researchers Say Why don’t people fix things? Some UK design researchers have a reasonable, but not shocking, answer: Repair means we have to work for our stuff, when we expect our stuff… December 23, 2015 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Product Design Repairman Takes Keurig to Task over Unfixable Machines Last year, the brew barons incited the wrath of java drinkers everywhere when they integrated DRM into their coffee machines—an attempt to stop customers from using third-party coffee pods. Keurig… December 21, 2015 by Julia Bluff
