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Legislation has been introduced in all 50 states that would allow you to freely fix your electronics.

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This Engineering Undergrad Created a Pedal-Powered Recycling Machine

When old cell phones and computers end up in places like Accra, Ghana for recycling, the result isn't pretty: often, the easiest way to get to...

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Permission to Play: Let's Make Fixing Things Cool Again

Yellowed kitchen appliances, dust-streaked radios, unresponsive DVD players: the table was strewn with stuff that even a local thrift store’s...

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Microwave Oven 2.0: Building Electronics to Last

How can we design electronics that people actually want to keep? This concept by Marshall Jamshidi reimagines the microwave oven.

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Redesigning the Mobile Phone: Building Electronics to Last

Every year over a billion new mobile phones are sold. What if old phones could be easily updated instead?

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What Tech Manufacturers Have Wrong: How to Design Electronics For Repair

Here's how tech manufacturers can make electronics we can actually repair, because people are clumsy and concrete is unforgiving.