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How One Teacher Built a Computer Lab for Free

In a sunny Bay Area classroom, twenty sixth graders are working at computers. They are making websites—"MySpace" pages for figures from American History. One student is researching Frederick Douglass's five…

August 3, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Product Design

Finally, An Infographic We Can Endorse: Design for Product Lifetime

Sometimes we feel like a broken record, calling for repairable design. Electronics should be made with modular parts. Screws, not glues. Quality, durable materials. Service documentation should be clear and…

July 16, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

Product Design

Welcome Back: Apple Rejoins EPEAT

Congratulations, Apple, and thank you for reaffirming your environmental commitment. Last week, we reported that Apple had dropped out of the EPA green consumer electronics standard, the Electronic Product Environmental…

July 13, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

E-Waste

Far More Gold Is in E-Waste than in Gold Ore

Electronic waste contains 40-50 times the amount of gold in ore mined from the ground, according to a report last week by the Global e-Sustainability Initiative and the United Nations…

July 12, 2012

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

E-Waste

Apple Ditches Green Standard, Cuts Federal Agencies from Products

Federal agencies can no longer buy Apple products for their offices. According to a recent announcement, Apple will be pulling all of their products from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment…

July 6, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Gadgets

Google Nexus Q Teardown

Did it come from outer space? Did it rise up from the depths of the lost city of Atlantis? How much of it was really made in the United States?…

July 5, 2012

by Miro Djuric

Teardowns

Google Nexus 7 Teardown

Today we delved inside a Nexus 7, Google / Asus' new 7-inch tablet. What did we find? Sometimes the biggest difference can be the most minute of all. The Nexus…

July 3, 2012

by Miro Djuric

iFixit

New Android iFixit App

Hey, you with the Android! Can’t get enough of iFixit? Want to spend even more of your waking hours perusing our collection of cool repair guides and nifty teardowns? Then,…

July 3, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Contests

Design a Smarter Smart Product, Win Up to $2500 in Prizes

So here's a challenge for the students among you: Can you design a smarter "smart" product? Can you make a product that is connected and wired, but also environmentally smart—repairable…

July 3, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Product Design

Unfixable Computers Are Leading Humanity Down a Perilous Path

I dream of a sustainable technology industry that makes life-changing innovations like the iPad available to everyone on the planet. But I have a message for Jonathan Ive. I think…

June 22, 2012

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

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