I'm Kyle with iFixit and we're here at
the SLO Maker Faire where there are all
sorts of exciting things going on
makerfaire it is very important as a
celebration of the making spirit and I
fixed it so part of it because we are
helping people to sustain what they have
and it's kind of a maker type attitude
to have
as far as repair being related to making
and keeping things going as long as
possible at the booth today we've got
lots of different activities we're
having some cellphone turn down so doing
component hunts and scrabbled your hunts
inside of a cell phone
we're also have a puzzle for matching
screws and we're giving away some fun
prizes and some self repair manifestos
giving kids permission to play to say
it's ok to get inside to learn how this
technology works opens up an entire
world of possibilities this whole thing
is just an absolute blast people are so
excited about taking things apart
tinkering all the stuff that they've
made I mean this is the largest
show-and-tell I've ever seen in this
area there's a guy just down the street
from my house who has an anvil a
blacksmith shop where he makes its own
knives so it's really cool to have a
single event and get everybody here so
we can all share and cross-pollinate
ideas I think that it's important for
iFixit to be involved with events like
Maker Faire and it specifically Maker
Faire because it's building on the DIY
community that it's so close to us we're
built on DIY and making and tearing
things apart and repair are all
essentially the same thing just in
different phases
I think its mission is to teach everyone
everywhere how to fix everything but the
absolute best way to learn how to do
something is to sit down and take it
apart yourself I think one of the
greatest things about having an event
like this is that it makes technology
and tinkering accessible so that people
from all around the area
who maybe you're just walking around
downtown you can come and see it and
learn and be exposed to new ideas that
they would have never seen in their
normal lives
I fix is really excited to be a part of
Maker Faire and supporting backyard
inventors I think it's absolutely
critical that we get back to a culture
where people are able to make and modify
and repair their own products we've
become afraid advertisers have convinced
us that the only way to have something
is to go to a store and buy it and
that's nice it's not the case we can
make our own things we can mend them and
we can keep them running for much much
longer than any corporation would ever
want us to