A chance for young people to get a taste of (and perhaps for) repair. This 'Tech Teardown' is a modified version of one of our regular over-18s activities used for training people to be community fixers. It introduces one of the fundamental challenges of repairing our stuff today: ‘getting in without breaking in’ Our hands-in-the-air surveys indicate that about 40% of primary school pupils we’ve worked with had broken into toys or gadgets - and inevitably broken them - driven by a curiosity to find out what was going on inside. This is the origin story of a huge chunk of people in the community repair world (and many an engineer too). Most youngsters will have received a suitable parental scalding and learned never to do this again, only a very few will not be able to quell the curiosity. You see the problem here? This is where our guilt and consequence free workshop comes in. We'll have a box of end-of-life items, a challenge to get them open, the tools, some basic tips and tricks of the trade, and the get-out clause of 'you're not going to make them any worse'. Participants will work in small teams to collectively dismantle a small consumer appliance: they'll get to see what's inside our everyday items, and pit their wits against the original designers who often want to keep you out. Potential teardown items: a kettle, DVD player, radio, PC keyboard, games controller, or fan heater. Or bring your own!