iPhone Repair Pros Tell Us About the Most Fucked Up Phones They’ve Fixed
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Want a Laptop That Easy to Repair? Look Beyond Apple and Microsoft
A new report issued by iFixit and Greenpeace shows just how user-hostile laptops from Apple and Microsoft are compared to competitors like HP and Samsung. Continue reading Want a Laptop That Easy to Repair? Look Beyond Apple and Microsoft
The US Government Wants to Permanently Legalize the Right to Repair
“The Office recommends against limiting an exemption to specific technologies or devices.” Continue reading The US Government Wants to Permanently Legalize the Right to Repair
Hacked Sea Scooter Lives Another Day
The Seadoo GTI Sea Scooter is a simple conveyance, consisting of a DC motor and a big prop in a waterproof casing. By grabbing on and firing the motor, it can be used to propel oneself underwater. However, [ReSearchITEng] had problems with their unit, and did what hackers do best – cracked it open to solve the problem.
Investigation seemed to suggest there were issues with the logic of the motor controller. The original circuit had a single FET, potentially controlled through PWM. The user interfaced with the controller through a reed switch, which operates magnetically. Using reed switches is …read more
Unlikely Cascade of Failures Leads to Microwave’s Demise
Surely a blown light bulb can’t kill a microwave oven, right? You might not expect it to, but that was indeed the root cause of a problem that [mikeselecticstuff] recently investigated; the cascade of failures is instructive to say the least.
While the microwave that made its way to [mike]’s bench wasn’t exactly engineered to fail, it surely was not designed to succeed. We won’t spoil the surprise, but suffice it to say that his hopes for a quick repair after the owner reported a bang before it died were dashed by an arc across the interior light bulb that …read more
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Holy Shit, the New iMacs Have Upgradable RAM and CPUs
The shift back to user-upgradable parts suggests that Apple is finally beginning to listen to consumers who don’t want to buy disposable electronics. Continue reading Holy Shit, the New iMacs Have Upgradable RAM and CPUs
New Jersey Becomes the 12th State to Consider Right to Repair Legislation
New Jersey will push to make fixing your gadgets easier. Continue reading New Jersey Becomes the 12th State to Consider Right to Repair Legislation
FPGA Rescues Scope From The Dumpster
I’m always on the lookout for a quality addition to my lab that would respect my strict budget. Recently, I’ve found myself pushing the Hertz barrier with every other project I do and hence desperately wanted a high bandwidth scope. Unfortunately, only recently have 70 MHz to 100 MHz become really affordable, whilst a new quad channel oscilloscope in the 500 MHz to 1 GHz range still costs a fortune to acquire. My only option was to find an absolute miracle in the form of an old high bandwidth scope.
It seemed the Gods of Hand Me Down electronics were …read more
JB Weld Fixes Cracked Cylinder Heads
There are persistent rumors that the main ingredient in JB Weld is magic. This two-part epoxy that you would normally find on a shelf next to your basic 5-minute epoxy, Titebond, various cyanoacrylates, and Gorilla glue is somehow different. Stories of ‘some guy’ in the Yukon using JB Weld on a cracked engine block abound. These stories are of course met with skepticism.
Now, finally, we have evidence you can use JB Weld to fix an engine. [Project Farm] over on YouTube gave it the ultimate test: he took the cylinder head off a lawnmower, took a grinder to …read more
Why Is Drone Manufacturer DJI Trying to Fight ISIS?
Today, it’s fighting terrorism. But drone no-fly zones are a fundamentally new restriction on the concept of ownership. Continue reading Why Is Drone Manufacturer DJI Trying to Fight ISIS?