Weekly Weblog

1. what you did - I replaced the hard drives for the "Tomori" 2009 model and "Castillejo" 2011 model

2. what worked, what did not - Overall, I was able to finish repairing the computers but ran into major obstacles. Firstly, one of the wires was blocking one of the screws in "Tomori". Secondly, "Castillejo" had a bad drive which didn't allow it to start up properly so we had to take it apart multiple times to figure the problem out. Finally, both computers suffered from missing magnet knobs on the screen case.

3. what you plan on doing next week - I plan on adding more computers to the repair list

4. what you need.- I'll need more computers to do this

1. how does your work divert e waste from the landfill? Our work diverts waste from landfill because we are saving valuable computers from being thrown away and instead making them better than before

   
   

2. how is your solution uniquely valuable toWaimea, Hawaii, US, planet? - Our solution is uniquely valuable to Waimea because there are no apple stores on island so we make computer repair available and affordable in Waimea. To the US, we can make these computers for other students around the nation who can go spread awareness of our work where we might be able to help. It also means that the US has to buy Apple products from other countries. For the planet, repairing computers saves tons of money and builds skills for computer repair where some of us might go into the engineering field and create and repair even greater pieces of technology.

   
   

3. what do you notice about the construction of older devices and the evolution of construction? - The devices become increasingly harder to repair as they evolve because Apple doesn't want customers to fix the computer themselves and instead pay Apple because Apple is the only one who can repair it

   
   

4. what impact (physical, intellectual, psychological) do your projects have on the recipients? - Our repaired computers have a physical impact because the hard drive was replaced, all the dust was cleaned out, and alcohol was used to clean the screen. It has an intellectual effect because it gives the recipients a better understanding of the monitor itself. It finally gives a physiological effect because the recipients peers are giving a monitor in which they went out of their way to make a special computer for that person be fun

   
   

5. what do you imagine could be your next steps? I might want to build a pc with my group I think that would be fun

   
   

6. what do you want to share with others? - I am pretty flexible and willing to work on anything!