Category: Brain Candy

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Brain Candy

How to Read CT Scans, Part 3: Identifying Common Structures

In our third and final entry in the "How to read a CT scan" series, we're zooming out from the component level to look at entire structures under CT.

May 14, 2025

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Brain Candy

How to Read CT Scans, Part 2: Identifying Components

In Part 2 of our series on how to read CT scans, we're taking a look at some common components that you might find inside electronic devices.

May 5, 2025

by Shahram Mokhtari - iFixit

Teardowns

Unitree Go2 Is A Relatively Affordable Robot Dog. But Is It Repairable?

What if you could own a Boston Dynamics-style robot dog for a fraction of the price? The Unitree Go2 is an advanced, agile, and surprisingly affordable robotic companion, designed for…

March 28, 2025

by Elizabeth Chamberlain - iFixit

How Tech Works

What Is mAh and Why Is It Bad for Measuring Battery Capacity?

tl;dr: If you’re comparing smartphone batteries, the mAh values will usually work. Otherwise, look for a battery’s watt-hour (Wh) value to get a more universal capacity rating. This is the…

September 19, 2024

by Arthur Shi - iFixit

How Tech Works

Why Is Your Old Phone Battery Swollen?

Tell me if this sounds familiar: You just got a shiny new phone! Your old phone still works, so you chuck it in a drawer as “backup” and promptly forget…

August 1, 2024

by Arthur Shi - iFixit

Product Design

How Teenage Engineering Designed a Barcelona Factory to Build Its New K.O. II Sampler

Teenage Engineering’s new K.O. II sampler is like a grown-up version of its Pocket Operator series, crossed with a 1970s/80s-era calculator. It’s getting musicians so excited that it sold out…

January 22, 2024

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Brain Candy

Anodizing the iPhone 15 Pro

Apple has used aluminum and stainless steel phone frames since the iPhone 2G’s introduction in 2007. However, last year’s iPhone 15 Pro got something new. A lightweight metal used in…

January 19, 2024

by Chayton Ritter - iFixit

Wallpapers

iPhone 14 Teardown Wallpapers

Check out the secrets behind these gorgeous wallpapers in our (now complete) iPhone 14 teardown. Trust us, someone’s gonna ask you what all the components are on your sweet new…

September 19, 2022

by Sam Goldheart - iFixit

Skills

Here Are the Three Repairs You’ll Need to Know in College

You’re off to school, and maybe you’re leaving home for the first time. If you’re lucky, your parents have loaded you up with the tech you’ll need to get through…

August 25, 2022

by Charlie Sorrel - iFixit

Brain Candy

Five Strategies for Finding Out-of-Stock Parts

Try as we might, iFixit can’t sell every part for every device that needs fixing, whether due to price, demand, logistics, or some mix of all three. So we sometimes…

February 8, 2022

by Kevin Purdy