Collaborate Disseminate
We wouldn’t go so far as to say “don’t try this at home”, but the way [Troy] brought an expensive (but out of warranty) laptop back to life is interesting, …read more Continue reading Laptop Gets Fixed by Simply Removing Problem Component
Retro consoles and handhelds are full of nostalgia and happy memories for many. However, keeping these machines and their media going can be a difficult job at times. [Taylor] was …read more Continue reading Bringing a Ruined Game Boy Cart Back To Life with Tons of Soldering
These days, it would be fair to say that the Internet as we know it runs on Cisco hardware. While you might never see them at work, there’s an excellent …read more Continue reading Cisco Router Repair Revives Piece of Internet History
It’s quite a while since any of us unpacked a brand new VGA monitor, but since so many machines still have the ability to drive them even through an inexpensive …read more Continue reading Save That Old VGA Monitor From The Trash
Ceramic materials are strong and can stand up to heat very well, but they’re notoriously fragile. Now, researchers at Texas A&M have uncovered a previously unknown self-healing mechanism in a certain type of ceramic, which works at room temperature.Con… Continue reading Kinky class of ceramics self-heals cracks at room temperature
You own it, you should be able to fix it. So much equipment on sale today has either been designed to be impossible to maintain, unnecessarily too complex to maintain, …read more Continue reading Should You Be Able to Repair It? We Think So.
Where do old battle bots go to die? Well the great parts-bin in the sky corner of the workshop, where they await disassembly and use in other projects. But once …read more Continue reading Overhauling a Battle Bot
Old electrolytic capacitors are notorious for not working like they used to, but what exactly does a bad capacitor look like, and what kinds of problems can it cause? Usually …read more Continue reading Faulty Electrolytic Caps Don’t Always Look Bad
As expensive as a new car is, it almost seems like a loss leader now to get you locked into exorbitantly expensive repairs at the dealership’s service department. That’s the …read more Continue reading Repair Hack Saves Tesla Owner from Massive Bill
The 1984 Timex Computer 2048 that [Drygol] recently got his hands on was in pretty poor shape. Not only did it have the mangled exterior that comes from several decades …read more Continue reading Chip Transplant Brings Timex 2048 Back from Grave