3D printing is not only a fun hobby but also an excellent way to produce a ton of functional tools and accessories that can be used around the house. Apart from printing new objects and items, though, ...

There’s something quietly unsettling about a broken object that we keep promising to fix “tomorrow” and then forget. It blends into our daily environment, a cracked mirror on the dresser, a chipped ...

Hodey is a published writer based out of the Rocky Mountains. He's had a passion for video games and literature since he was a child growing up along the beaches of California. With a graduate degree ...

Ancient Indian homes followed a quiet rule: fix or release broken items. This practice stemmed from the belief that damaged objects hold stuck energy, affecting the home's mood and its inhabitants.

Do you believe that homes have "energies" that can influence how you feel? If you've been thinking that the energy of your own home is stagnant or that it seems to have "bad vibes", it may be because ...

UMass art graduate students Avery Forbes & Chenda Cope were inspired to transform the student gallery into a workshop and repair broken objects to celebrate re-use. They believe consumerism may be ...

With all the attention on LLMs (Large Language Models) and image generators lately, it’s nice to see some of the more niche and unusual applications of machine learning. GARF (Generalizeable 3D ...

I first discovered Kyle Wiens, the cofounder and CEO of iFixit, through “Things Come Apart: A Teardown Manual for Modern Living,” a book full of photographs of disassembled objects. “Things Come Apart ...

Objects broken at the Dallas Museum of Art during the June 1, 2022 break-in are shown clockwise from left: A red-figure pyxis and lid from the last half of 5th century B.C., contemporary batah kuhuh ...

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