Repairability
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Fixfest UK 2023, Cardiff
Fixing the Future team members Namrata Primlani and Neelima Sailaja attended Fixfest 2023 on the 30th of October, 2023 at Cardiff Business School in Wales, UK. Fixfest is a regular gathering of members of the global repair community including repairers, activists, policy-makers, educators and companies. The ‘unconference’ brought together repair enthusiasts from across the UK…
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Repairing Interactions: Everything Is Broken And That Is OK.
On June 1, 15:00 (UK time) DCODE PhD Researcher Robert Collins gave a talk entitled “Repairing Interactions: Everything Is Broken And That Is OK.” at RAD Lab. In this talk Robert Collins shared his research into designing for contestable systems – making spaces for response-ability in our interactions with data-driven systems (AI, algorithms, etc.) and for taking…
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UbiFix Workshop at Ubicomp 2023
UbiFix: Tackling Repairability Challenges in Smart Devices The First International Workshop exploring the Technical, Social, and Legal aspects of IoT repairability IoT products are increasingly becoming the default, with non-IoT versions of common hardware (e.g., TVs and printers) harder to find. Alongside this adoption surge, lack of support, outdated security, and planned obsolescence present concerning…
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Fixing the Future Presentation at SCOTLIN Conference
Christopher Boniface and Lachlan Urquhart ventured north to the Granite City to present at the SCOTLIN conference on 27th and 28th March 2023. The conference brought together researchers from many Scottish Universities and beyond working on a variety of issues around Law and Technology.