As I often say to our partners, you can’t make obsolescence obsolete, but with the right partners, you can be best prepared.

Returning home from a trip a few years ago, I opened the refrigerator door and it flew away, both hinges having come undone in my absence so that it was held in place only by the magnetic insulating ...

Apple just got smacked with a class action lawsuit after the tech giant admitted it slowed down older iPhones. This act is also known as planned obsolescence. Wikipedia defines planned obsolescence ...

(This story appeared in the July-September edition of Army AL&T;Magazine.) Critical Thinking, a new feature in Army AL&T;Magazine, offers perspectives from those outside DOD and the defense industry ...

Products of all types — cars, incandescent bulbs, your iPad and iPhone — are designed with planned obsolescence in mind. The need or desire to replace products quickly and a shorter product life-cycle ...

Bill Bradford, President, Flip Electronics, discusses the upcoming trends in the semiconductors and electronic components ...

Have you ever wondered why major purchases — such as vehicles or large appliances — always seem to break down immediately after a manufacturer's warranty expires? Or perhaps you've asked how an ...

, e-waste becomes a major cause of air pollution and increased levels of air particulate matter. The various environmental effects associated with planned obsolescence and its consequent uptick in ...

In 2015, Apple unveiled the iPhone Upgrade Program — a slick subscription model that lets devotees pay a monthly hardware fee directly to the manufacturer, with an option to trade in their phone for ...

Members of the Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center were recently recognized for their efforts to keep the Army's aircraft and missiles operational all while saving ...

Jonathan Coopersmith is professor emeritus at Texas A&M University. In addition to killing over a million Americans, Covid-19 revealed embarrassing failures of local, state, and national public health ...