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HexBright Flex Programmable Flashlight

Through some NASA lunar excavator connections (no joke) we learned about this absolutely smashing Kickstarter project. The HexBright Flex is a programmable flashlight that you can program however you'd like!

July 13, 2011

by Miro Djuric

Gadgets

Elster REX2 Smart Meter Teardown

The electricity meter is one device that no household can escape, yet the technology utilized by analog meters dates to the late 19th century. Power engineers have recently developed an…

July 12, 2011

by Miro Djuric

Teardowns

What Makes the Thunderbolt Cable Lightning Fast

It's the chips. And we're not talking about the Lay's variety. We received good word that the $50 Thunderbolt cable may contain chips with firmware in it, thus justifying the…

June 29, 2011

by Miro Djuric

Gadgets

Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook Teardown

Just over six months ago, Google released the Cr-48 prototype Chromebook to developers—promising that production hardware would be forthcoming. They weren’t lying! With today’s release of the first production Chromebook,…

June 8, 2011

by Walter Galan

Teardowns

Unveiled: Audience Powers iPhone 4’s Impressive Noise Cancellation

When we analyzed the Nexus One last January, the big news was its Audience voice processor. The Audience chip takes advantage of two microphones (if you’re counting, that’s one more…

May 17, 2011

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Gadgets

FBI Tracking Device Teardown

We partnered with Wired to bring you a peek inside an FBI car-tracking device.

May 9, 2011

by Miro Djuric

Teardowns

iMac 21.5″ (EMC 2428) Teardown

We got up this morning to news that the new iMacs were out, so we knew what we had to do: start sharpening our suction cups! Our suction cup gamble…

May 4, 2011

by Miro Djuric

Gadgets

Nikon D5100 Teardown

It seems as though all the hot new electronics these days are tablet-this, phone-that. Frankly, our engineers had enough. Their spudgers were getting soft; we needed to do something that…

April 26, 2011

by Miro Djuric

Brain Candy

iPhone 4 Transparent Rear Panel

Electronic circuit boards can be a work of art, and the complexity of their design is something we marvel at. We hold that sentiment for the iPhone 4, which has…

April 25, 2011

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Events

Maker Faire 2011

Maker Faire is once again invading the San Mateo County Event Center May 21-22, and we need your help to run the iFixit Repair Center! Maker Faire is the epitome…

April 14, 2011

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

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