Collaborate Disseminate
Eric Lundgren is facing a 15-month prison sentence for selling counterfeit Windows restore discs. Continue reading E-Waste Recycler Heading to Prison: ‘I Live For’ Recycling and Right to Repair
The FTC says that if companies don’t change their warranty practices, it may take ‘legal action.’ Continue reading FTC Gives Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo 30 Days to Get Rid of Illegal Warranty-Void-if-Removed Stickers
Salvaging a beefy motor is one life’s greatest pleasures for a hacker, but, when it comes to using it in a new project, the lack of specs and documentation can be frustrating. [The Post Apocalyptic Inventor] has a seemingly endless stockpile of scavenged motors, and decided to do something about the problem.
Once again applying his talent for junk revival, [TPAI] has spent the last year collecting, reverse-engineering and repairing equipment built in the 1970s, to produce a complete electric motor test setup. Parameters such as stall torque, speed under no load, peak power, and more can all easily be …read more
A new EPA-backed study shows that an old problem has a new twist. Continue reading Europe Is Smuggling its E-Waste to Nigeria Inside Used Cars
Federal law says you can repair your own things, and manufacturers cannot force you to use their own repair services. Continue reading FTC Says ‘Warranty Void If Removed’ Stickers Are Bullshit, Warns Manufacturers They’re Breaking the Law
Why we need space-based litter police. Continue reading Watch These Scientists Remotely Operate a Space Garbage Robot
It should probably go without saying that we’ve got nothing against the occasional bout of elaborate troubleshooting and repair, in fact it’s one of the most common things we cover here. As it turns out, people aren’t overly fond of being fleeced, and there are a lot of smart people out there who will put a lot of work in to keep from having to toss a favorite piece of gear into the trash. We can’t fault them for that.
But we have to say, we generally don’t see those kind of elaborate repairs for something brand new. Unfortunately, …read more
The Mac Pro Upgrade community is taking old “cheese grater” Mac Pros and putting cutting-edge graphics cards in them. The specs often outperform even top-of-the-line new Apple computers. Continue reading The Most Powerful Mac Is 6 Years Old and Not Sold By Apple
There’s a right to repair protest in front of the world’s largest cell phone conference. Continue reading Giant Art Installation Outside MWC Protests Planned Obsolescence
“Welcome to the headquarters of the global repair movement.” Continue reading We Flew Around the World to Watch the Annual Race to Tear Down the iPhone