MacRumors

AirPods Repairability Project Adds USB-C Port and 3D-Printed Casing

Engineering and robotics student Ken Pillonel has sought to address some of AirPods' repairability issues with a 3D-printed replacement casing and switching the Lightning charging port for a USB-C ...
Cult of Mac

Modder shows how to 3D-print new AirPods case (and add USB-C)

The guy who brought us the world’s first USB-C iPhone (and sold it for $86,001 on eBay) is now training his soldering pen on the AirPods charging case. Engineering and robotics student Ken Pillonel ...
9to5Mac

iFixit takes a closer look at the iPhone Air’s 3D-printed USB-C port

Following Apple’s detailing yesterday of its 3D printing process for the Apple Watch Series 11 and Ultra 3, iFixIt is out today with an even deeper dive into the company’s 3D printing techniques. Here ...
GSM Arena

The creator of the first iPhone with USB-C 3D prints a transparent AirPods Pro case

You may remember Ken Pillonel as the guy who put a USB-C port on an iPhone X. Ken has also been working on AirPods Pro projects and has recently put a lot of effort into making them repairable – ...
Cult of Mac

How Apple made iPhone Air’s USB-C port ultra-thin (and better)

People wondered how the new iPhone Air released at Apple’s Awe Dropping event Tuesday could be so incredibly thin and still have a working USB-C port (or even if it would have one at all). Well, ...