Technologist championing engineering and science innovation and education, mentoring teams and leading Fixit Clinics
Joined June 2007
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We hold Fixit Clinics at Harvard and other Universities to encourage “Design for Durability” (DFD), i.e. incorporate durability, maintainability, serviceability for the coming sustainable circular economy.
2 Jul 2023
At the Harvard Fix-it Clinic, students, staff, and members of the public bring stopped clocks, staticky headphones, clogged vacuum cleaners, and more to eager community members and library staff who work to repair the items, while teaching the owners: hrvd.me/FixIt4665t
ALT A woman holds a pair of pants that need a pocket repair while a man looks on. A sewing machine is on a table behind them.
ALT Two people work on a broken umbrella
ALT Two people work on a pink radio
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As the Brits might say: "Bloody Brilliant"
15 Apr 2020
When they said try working from home I didn’t realise they’d expect me to do the music too @BBCNews @BBCNWT #BBCNewsTheme 🥁 #workingfromhome
Jurassic Pete @ University of California Museum of Paleontology instagram.com/p/B05KMoNHjiNI…
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Participants in TOMODACHI Summer SoftBank Leadership Program @ UC Berkeley instagram.com/p/B05IpJdHQEJo…
Rafting the Merced River @ Yosemite National Park instagram.com/p/B05GSNjHULw/…
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Attending Google AI talk at UC Berkeley; events.berkeley.edu/index.ph…
What if we’re in the last throes of the nation-state era? Do corporations replace nation states and, if yes are corporations ready to step into the responsibilities we have traditionally assigned to government? #CRBbeyond15
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At what point is the churn of consumption that floats capitalism antithetical to sustainability? Given how we currently practice capitalism; what if no business model can be environmentally sustainable? #CRBbeyond15
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An interesting idea to use controlled fracturing to build electronics: news.mit.edu/2018/how-mass-p…
Digitally-informed fabrication and manufacturing means more things can be designed, built, and maintained locally using locally available tools, materials, processes and services. #repair #fixit #dit #dfm #circulareconomy
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Peter Mui retweeted
23 Jul 2018
rt if you grew up going to the library
just trying to prove a point
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Peter Mui retweeted
5 Jul 2017
Featured on @RestartProject podcast: therestartproject.org/podcas… #repair #fixit #dit #stem #dfm #repaircafe #disposableculture #ZeroWaste
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Here's the youtube link to the same PBS NewsHour segment: youtu.be/DarcSxamvE8 x.com/FixitClinic/status/876…
19 Jun 2017
Fixit Clinic featured tonight on the PBS Newshour: pbs.org/newshour/videos/#219… #repair #fixit #dit #stem #dfm #repaircafe
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We're holding more @FixitClinics at colleges and universities to teach design and engineering for durability and serviceability. x.com/FixitClinic/status/858…
30 Apr 2017
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Judging from the sign ups this looks to be among our biggest events. x.com/FixitClinic/status/847…
30 Mar 2017
Come fix stuff alongside your Fremont neighbors! #fixit #repair #dit #stem #circulareconomy #disposableculture #ZeroWaste #repaircafe x.com/Fremont_CA/status/8465…
Celebrating repair is an important aspect of @FixitClinic #fixit #repair #dit #stem #circulareconomy x.com/FixitClinic/status/752…
11 Jul 2016
New post on iFixit.org: our philosophy of celebrating repair #fixit #repair #dit #stem x.com/iFixit/status/75257654…