Category: Fixers | Page 23

We’re inspired by people who put things back together. Meet the crafty folks pushing the boundaries of repair.

GoldieBlox for the Win

During one of the most anticipated evenings of (male-centric) American sports, little girls everywhere stood up and demanded attention. GoldieBlox—a start-up company that designs engineering toys for girls—won Intuit's Small…

February 4, 2014

by Cait Emma Smith

Fixers

The Death of the Princess

“Girls—to build a spaceship. Girls—to code the new app. Girls—to grow up knowing that they can engineer that.” And thus, came the new feminist anthem that rang across the internet.…

January 29, 2014

by Cait Emma Smith

Fixers

What’s Your Fixophobia?

Since I announced to the world that I’m a Female Fixoholic back in September, my inbox has been pretty full. Apparently, people think I’m a repair expert. I don’t know…

January 21, 2014

by Cait Emma Smith

Fixers

How Tinkerers Can Make the World Better

We somehow managed to miss this brilliant TED Talk by Vinay Venkatraman when it came out, but it's a great testimony to the ingenuity of tinkerers around the world. These…

January 10, 2014

by Julia Bluff

Events

A Black Friday Tradition: Out with the New, In with the Old

It was Black Friday. A day of crowds. A day of clearances. A day of consumerism. But I was not in a line. And I would not be fighting through…

December 9, 2013

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Repair Stories

Teddy Bear Repair

In college, I was a nanny. The six children I watched had their own stuffed best friends: a bear, a bunny, a dinosaur, a kitty, an elephant, and (another) bear,…

November 27, 2013

by Brittany McCrigler - iFixit

Repair Stories

The Teardown Kitten’s Prison Break

About a year ago, an iFixit team member found a 3-week-old stray kitten on the side of the road. The little guy was an 11-ounce ball of gray fur with…

November 12, 2013

by Cait Emma Smith

Fixers

From “Zero to Maker” (and Fixer!)

I knew little about the “Maker” movement when I first stepped into the World Maker Faire in New York last month. It felt kinda like going to Disneyland and not…

October 28, 2013

by Jeff Snyder

Fixers

Meet the Machine Whisperer Who Keeps Burning Man Up and Running

The sprawling metropolis of Black Rock City doesn’t emerge overnight, but it doesn’t take much longer than that. Built from the ground up every year for Burning Man, the city…

October 17, 2013

by Kyle Wiens - iFixit

Events

Get Ready! ICRS 2013 in New Orleans

This November, iFixit will be heading down to New Orleans for the annual International Computer Refurbisher Summit. We're making it easier for enterprising fixers to start their own businesses with the…

October 11, 2013

by Cait Emma Smith