Gadgets Fitbit Flex Teardown We ripped into Fitbit's newest pedometer/heart rate monitor/sleep tracker wristband to answer an all-important question: What kind of a diet helped this thing fit into its tiny jacket? Don’t expect… July 30, 2013 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit
Teardowns Nexus 7 2nd Generation Teardown Heads up — Nexus 7's up! We didn't get enough Google yesterday with the Chromecast, so without even waiting for our spudgers to cool down, we eagerly dove into the… July 27, 2013 by Miro Djuric
Gadgets Chromecast Teardown Ding, dong, the dongle's here! Google knows that cat videos are more entertaining when viewed on a 72-inch HD display, so they packed Chrome into a compact dongle, threw an… July 26, 2013 by Andrew Goldheart
Fixers They Came, They Saw, They Fixed “Fixing is a way of thinking” says James Carrigan and Daniel Charny, founders of Fixperts. Fixperts, a social project based in the U.K., has been taking fixing to another level… July 26, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
iFixit We Wrote a Book! iFixit’s Tech Writing Handbook Let me shoot you a couple questions. Is it possible for a single book to pull of the word “thy”? And have a cartoon of a headless zombie? And prove… July 23, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Events “EPIC” Engineering: What I Learned from Future Fixers “Who here has ever taken something apart?” I stood in front of 20 sixth- and seventh-grade students at the Engineering Possibilities in College (EPIC). Asking this question always makes me… July 17, 2013 by
Product Design You’ve Probably Never Seen Old Video Games Like This You've played old arcade games. Maybe you've even played old arcade games on your tablet. But have you ever played old arcade games with all the components of your tablet?… July 16, 2013 by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit
Repair Stories The Amazing Break: Cats Hate Your Computers The internet has long been a fan of cats. What's not to love? Adorable little fluffballs. Just picture it: you find a cat sitting on a computer, snuggling in between… July 12, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
iFixit iPhone Liberation Jubilation Early July 1st, iFixit team members came into work excited and a little bit nervous. The unexpected community reaction to Liberation Week was the buzz around the water cooler. On… July 9, 2013 by Cait Emma Smith
Events “If You Haven’t Learned, You Haven’t Lived”: Repair at SkillsUSA People are quick to point out the shortcomings of a beleaguered public education system. But after spending a week at the National SkillsUSA Competition in Kansas City, I am hard-pressed… July 4, 2013 by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit