What if the cracked screen of your mobile phone or the solar panels providing energy to a satellite could self-repair? These kinds of robots and electronics are not only a matter of science fiction — ...

Sandia Computers technician Bobby Foster often sees customers opt to buy a new laptop instead of getting their old one fixed, a decision he can’t blame them for since it can be cheaper to just buy ...

After more than 10 years of repairing electronics and performing computer trouble shooting part-time, Greg Folk is taking Greg’s Electronic Repair full-time. The business began in 1988, with Folk ...

When is the last time you had some electronic product repaired? Didn’t you just throw away the defective product and get a new better one? Or not? I have come to view electronic equipment as basically ...

An article in the "Sarasota Herald-Tribune" reports that between 1995 and 2006 some 5,000 small electronics repair companies permanently closed. The article cites several reasons for these business ...

Traditionally, when a car breaks down, the solution has been to fix it. Repair manuals, knowledgeable mechanics and auto parts stores make car repairs common, quick and relatively inexpensive. Even ...

New Minnesota laws take effect this week but consumer and environmental watchdogs are looking back on one from last year designed to bolster product repair rights for consumers and reduce waste. A new ...

Anyone who purchases a device should be able to repair it if it breaks. This seems like it should be common sense, but in many states there aren’t laws that protect repair. Manufacturers do their best ...

Lawmakers in five states introduced a bill that aims to grant consumers the “right to repair” electronics, obligating manufacturers to sell replacement parts to owners and independent repair shops as ...

While the repair of electronic goods is often hidden from view, Julia Corwin went behind the scenes of India’s used electronics industry to show the environmental value of repair work. Most of us ...