That’s what iFixit’s CEO, Kyle Wiens, thinks about Apple’s latest attempt to thwart hardware hackers. And it’s hard to disagree with him. While Apple has made enormous strides in greening its gadget slate, it still falls short on one critical aspect of reducing e-waste: designing repairable electronics. In addition to its penchant for non-user replaceable [...]
Read more Apple’s pentalobe screws for the iPhone take “planned obsolescence to the next level”
This is neat. If you need to extend a wireless network beyond the reach of a power cable, VoltXamps.com has a how-to on converting a Linksys WRT54G router, a solar panel and a cigar box into a self-contained Wi-Fi hotspot. It’s a cool and classy-looking weekend project if you’re comfortable with some soldering and flashing [...]
Read more Green DIY: Build a Solar Wi-Fi hotspot
In covering green IT, or technology in general, I don’t have to look far for people that exhibit ingenuity and passion. (And make a buck, who are we kidding.) William Kamkwamba of Malawi stands apart, and not because he…
Read more Inspiration: William Kamkwamba
This work by Pedro Hernandez is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
ecoINSITE Tweets