iFixit @ Monterey Bay Aquarium

Wednesday, December 5, 12

WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT

MAKING OUR THINGS LAST LONGER IS BOTH MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE COST!EFFECTIVE THAN MINING THEM FOR RAW MATERIALS.

EARTH HAS LIMITED RESOURCES AND WE CAN’T RUN A LINEAR MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOREVER. THE BEST WAY TO BE EFFICIENT IS TO REUSE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE!

FIXING THINGS IS OFTEN FREE, AND USUALLY CHEAPER THAN REPLACING THEM. DOING THE REPAIR YOURSELF SAVES SERIOUS DOUGH.

THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT HOW SOMETHING WORKS IS TO TAKE IT APART!

REPAIR CONNECTS PEOPLE AND DEVICES, CREATING BONDS THAT TRANSCEND CONSUMPTION. SELF!REPAIR IS SUSTAINABLE.


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Who am I?


1.CEO:

Don’t believe anything I say

Who am I?


1.CEO:


2.Software Developer:

I have opinions about everything

Who am I?


1.CEO:


2.Software Developer:

I have opinions about everything

3.Hardware Hacker:

Don’t give me your iPhone

Who am I?


We’re from here


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Repair 1.0


How to be a mechanic



1990



Figure it outPrinted repair manuals

Trade school

1990


How to be a mechanic in 2011


Repair 2.0Learn from the world


Information is an enabling technology.

http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/20/a-new-wind-blowing-in-africa/

“If this windmill is in this book, if I can try then

maybe I make one so that I can have

electricity in my home.”




iFixit: 2.0


Crowdsource creation of technical documentation

Free self-repair guides make fixing things economical

Minimizing the barriers to self-repair


A platform for everyone to share what they know

Intuitive, painless user interface

Central repository for repair information of all kinds

Content creation made easy


It takes a village

People know how to fix things

They want to share

We provide the platform


iFixit PartsWednesday, December 5, 12

June 19, 2009


Nano, Nano,

Fat Nano, Nano.

iPod Nano


2006


2007


2008


2009


Pleo


Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 8Microsoft Surface 4iPad 1 3?iPad 2 2iPad 3 2iPad 4 2iPad Mini 2Motorola Xoom 8Google Nexus 7 7Kindle Fire 8Kindle Fire HD 7B&N Nook 6B&N Nook Simple Touch 7Dell Streak 8


Fix the world

We can fix anythingWednesday, December 5, 12

• It depends on who you are. Does it make environmental sense to throw it away?

• Manufacturing an iPod Nano emits 68 pounds of CO2

• Catch 22: It’s expensive to fix them because the expertise isn’t common and there is little demand for the parts.

Does it makes sense to fix a VCR?

Industrial Design Consultancy: http://www.idc.uk.com/news-view.asp?id=39


http://www.idc.uk.com/news-view.asp?id=39

http://www.idc.uk.com/news-view.asp?id=39

Cell Phone Monitor TV Peripheral Desktop

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Electronics Trashed in Last Year

(% of respondents in past 12 months)

Consumer Reports 2006 e-waste study


• 77 million pounds of lead

• 183 thousand pounds of mercury

• 1.3 million pounds of arsenic

In 2005 the US buried electronics containing:

EPA Management of Electronics Report; April 2007Wednesday, December 5, 12

In July, 2009 I traveled throughout Africa

documenting electronics recyclability and e-waste

disposal practices.


Accra, GhanaWednesday, December 5, 12

Lagos, NigeriaWednesday, December 5, 12

Delhi, IndiaFebruary, 2011


What can you fix?

Teach us.


WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT

MAKING OUR THINGS LAST LONGER IS BOTH MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE COST!EFFECTIVE THAN MINING THEM FOR RAW MATERIALS.

EARTH HAS LIMITED RESOURCES AND WE CAN’T RUN A LINEAR MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOREVER. THE BEST WAY TO BE EFFICIENT IS TO REUSE WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE!

FIXING THINGS IS OFTEN FREE, AND USUALLY CHEAPER THAN REPLACING THEM. DOING THE REPAIR YOURSELF SAVES SERIOUS DOUGH.

THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT HOW SOMETHING WORKS IS TO TAKE IT APART!

REPAIR CONNECTS PEOPLE AND DEVICES, CREATING BONDS THAT TRANSCEND CONSUMPTION. SELF!REPAIR IS SUSTAINABLE.


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