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Let's fix our relationship with electronics
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In this week's episode, we talk to artists Joshua Portway and Lise Autogena about their documentary ‘Kuannersuit; Kvanefjeld’, about a small town in Greenland that is divided over plans for a large, open-pit mine.
The post Restart Radio: Rare-earth minerals in Greenland with Lise Autogena and Josh Portway appeared first on The Restart Project.
We're trying something new. Our volunteers are a crucial part of our work at Restart, and frequently appear as guests on our show. This week, and once a month from this week onwards, we hand them the reins. It's a takeover.
The post Restart Radio Takeover: Why we repair in the community appeared first on The Restart Project.
On International World Radio Day, Ugo is joined by Ben Skidmore to discuss the future of FM radio, and the future of electronic manufacturing more broadly in a post-Brexit world.
The post Restart Radio: World Radio Day and electronics in the wake of Brexit appeared first on The Restart Project.
We talk to Josh Lepawksy - Associate professor in Geography at the Memorial University of Newfoundland - about his work in the field of 'Discard Studies', examining the way discarded products move through the world.
The post Restart Podcast Ep 29: Tracing global flows of electronic ‘discards’ with Josh Lepawsky appeared first on The Restart Project.
Medicine has been revolutionized by technology that goes on - and in - our body. In these cases, questions of durability and reliability can become matters of life and death.
The post Restart Radio: Medical technology in/on the body appeared first on The Restart Project.
Today on Restart Radio, Ugo and Neil talk to Charlie Bruce and Tom Putnam from Beeline: a smart compass for cycling.
The post Restart Radio: How repair informs design with Beeline appeared first on The Restart Project.
In our first monthly Restart Podcast of the year, Dave talks to Leyla Acaroglu: self-described designer, systems thinker and sustainability provocateur.
The post Restart Podcast Ep. 28: Disruptive design and unlocking wonderment with Leyla Acaroglu appeared first on The Restart Project.
In our first radio show of 2018, we cover a range of topics: from flatpack electronics, to the recent Apple battery scandal, to the vulnerabilities opened up by the discovery of Spectre and Meltdown.
The post Restart Radio: Flatpack electronics plus battery and CPU failures appeared first on The Restart Project.
The soaring value of Bitcoin has been all over the media recently. But what is Bitcoin, and what is the environmental impact of 'mining' it?
The post Restart Radio: What does Bitcoin mining mean for the environment? appeared first on The Restart Project.
Voice-controlled home assistants are being sold in the millions: but they raise questions about privacy issues, product disposability, and machine learning.
The post Restart Radio: Voice-controlled Assistants and “Smart Speakers” appeared first on The Restart Project.
Are we really willing participants in the Big Data economy?
The post Restart Radio: Exploring personal data at the Glass Room appeared first on The Restart Project.
If tomorrow we woke up and all the technologies we had come to depend on had ceased to exist, what knowledge would we need to re-build them from scratch?
The post Restart Podcast Ep. 27: How to Restart the World with Lewis Dartnell appeared first on The Restart Project.
How many products do you need to fix to break a world record? The repair cafe held in Cambridge earlier this month has set the new magic number: 232.
The post Restart Radio: Breaking the world record for community repair appeared first on The Restart Project.
We talk to John Bumstead - an artist and laptop refurbisher whose company 'RKDL Inc' (pronounced "Roadkill") gives a new life to old Apple Macbooks.
The post Restart Radio: Glitch art by refurbisher RDKL Inc appeared first on The Restart Project.
How do Robot pets force us to reconsider the boundaries between the animate and inanimate? And what issues do they raise concerning ownership and DIY repair?
The post Restart Radio: Robot pets appeared first on The Restart Project.
A world where gadgets can talk to each other brings a whole host of opportunities - but it also throws up unprecedented challenges.
The post Restart Radio: Open-sourcing the Internet of Things appeared first on The Restart Project.
On 6-8 of October, we hosted the first International Fixfest in London. It was a chance for repairers, makers, activists, tinkerers and academics from all over the world to meet each other, share tips and stories, and come up with joint strategies for repairing in future.
The post Restart Podcast Ep. 26: Fixers united at the first Fixfest appeared first on The Restart Project.
Most electronic items when they break are repairable. But there are several persistent myths about DIY quick fixes that can do more harm than good.
The post Restart Radio: Tech repair myths appeared first on The Restart Project.
Today, on World Mental Health Day, we talk about how repair can contribute to greater social cohesion and individual well-being for a wide range of people.
The post Restart Radio: Community repair, neurodiversity and mental health appeared first on The Restart Project.
In part 2 of our podcast special with 'activist academic' Jack Qiu, we talk some more about the fight to end contemporary 'iSlavery'.
The post Restart Podcast Ep. 25: Goodbye iSlave (Pt.2) appeared first on The Restart Project.
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