Repairing Our Relationship With Technology

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The Restart Project is a small social enterprise that started with events called “Restart Parties”—bringing people together to share skills and gain the confidence to open up their devices and technology. (View Highlight)
communities maintaining operating systems for computers, routers and mobiles deemed “obsolete” by manufacturers (View Highlight)
schools that have their own student-run repair centre, like this one in New York City (View Highlight)
creative upgrades and “modding” of older iPods and various other equipment (View Highlight)
community repair groups incorporating 3D printing of spare parts into their events (View Highlight)
New software locks that are embedded in hardware make repair and reuse harder, both in mobiles and laptops and also other connected devices and appliances. (View Highlight)