10/27/13
When an electronic gadget or appliance breaks, most people simply toss it and buy a replacement. But what if you could try to repair it yourself first? A new website, ifixit.com, is an online community where people share tips, tricks and tutorials about how they fixed their electronics, and how you can, too. Whether it’s a smartphone, gaming device, computer or iPad, you can search the database of free repair manuals. If you're successful, you keep once-broken items out of the waste stream and save hundreds -- if not thousands -- of dollars fixing it yourself.