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Yesterday, iFixit.com announced that they are releasing all of their manuals under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike license. The site has long been an abundant source of tear-down photos for hardware and has been gaining momentum as the go-to source for Apple hardware repair information. With the move to Creative Commons, the gates are open to distribute and improve upon … [Read more...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8FSuxA-cp4 Our Oculus Rift finally arrived in the mail. I'll spare you my thoughts on the item itself other than to say it is amazing. There are tons of videos to choose from that show people's thoughts and reactions, and Ifixit has their usual detailed teardown as well. The mod I decided to tackle first was the horizontal peripheral vision lights. The shape … [Read more...]
With the release of the Wii U last weekend we knew it wouldn't be long before we saw those glorious gut shots on the Internet. The folks at iFixit have torn down a Wii U, and the insides look somewhat promising for a potential hack to take control of the Wii U Game Pad. The components in the Wii U console aren't terribly surprising; a few wireless controllers, HDMI adapters, Flash memory … [Read more...]
[Rupert’s] friend cracked the screen on his beloved Dell Streak 5 phone and handed it off to see if [Rupert] could repair it. He says that the glass replacement was a relatively straightforward affair - a process he documented in thorough detail worthy of iFixit. He did come across a few interesting tidbits along the way, including an Atmel Mega168P hanging out on the broken screen’s … [Read more...]
[ifixit] has apparently grown tired of tearing apart Apple's latest gizmos, and their latest display of un-engineering has a decidedly more federal flair. You may have heard about Yasir Afifi's discovery of a FBI-installed tracking device on his car back in October of last year. Apparently, the feds abandoned a similar device with activist Kathy Thomas. Wired magazine managed to get their hands on … [Read more...]
[iFixit] (who we've posted about many times before) has launched a passionate manifesto promoting the skills and knowledge of repair as a solution to technological consumerism and waste. They use powerful footage of electronic waste dumps in Ghana to make the point that we must collectively change the way we use and relate to our high technology--take a look after the break. The manifesto … [Read more...]
iFixit traveled all the way to Japan to bring you this iPhone 4 teardown, only to be shipped the device unexpectedly two days early! We were surprised that the A4 processor (its naked body displayed for the world this past April) contained within the iPhone 4 had 512MB of ram, compared to the 256MB of the iPad. Other features include the 1420mAh battery (201mAh more than the 3Gs), 5MP rear … [Read more...]
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