Reported by Andrew Peng
On May 17th, 2019, students from the San Diego Branch of AYLUS organized and participated in the 72nd Computer for Kids Lab, repairing and cleaning electronic devices in order to prepare them to send to children of low-income families. This helps the kids achieve academic success through possible access to technology.
The participants did the following:
86 – Power Cords sorted
46 – Mice sorted
30 – Keyboards sorted
42 – VGA Cords sorted
39 – Power Adapters sorted
16 – Docking Stations sorted
4 – Power Bricks sorted
92 – Removed RAM from Desktop Computers
So far, the San Diego branch students have accomplished the following since the first Computer for Kids Lab of this year:
- Diagnosed, repaired, tested, or sleeved 4,517 notebooks/netbooks/laptops/tablets/desktops
- Cleaned out, or prepared 132 desktop computers for refurbishing
- Tested and repaired 413 LCD monitors
- Removed RAM from 452 computers
- Diagnosed, tested, wiped, counted, removed and cloned 6,466 hard drives
- Wrapped, folded, sorted, and packed 15,563 mice/keyboards/power cords/adapters/batteries/etc.
- Tested and Bagged 128 Speakers
The following members participated: Mike Bai, Haobin Cao, Meijia He, Anthony Jiang, Claire Jiang, Chengda Li, Chengming Li, Junqi Liang, Augustus Lundquist, Owen Nie, Junhao Qu, Yiang Shao, NingXin Sun, Sonia Wang, Richard Wu, and Nathan Yang
The AYLUS San Diego Committee organized the 72nd Computer for Kids Lab.
In addition, the AYLUS San Diego Committee has also implemented new policies and regulations in order to decrease conflicts. From the computer lab on May 3rd, positive results can already be seen.
