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Will the price of a tablet make it a perfect iPad killer? We had reported earlier about India making news with a series of low cost Android tablets and it is being reported that the Indian government is all set ...
http://bit.ly/96Ejh3Will the price of a tablet make it a perfect iPad killer? We had reported earlier... more
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A 10-year experiment that started with Indian slum children being given access to computers has produced a new concept for education, a conference has heard.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10663353A 10-year experiment that started with Indian slum children being given access to... more
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As the One Laptop Per Child project scrambles to revitalize itself after numerous setbacks, staff layoffs and dismal sales, it could find the footing it needs to survive by playing to its product's hidden strength as a low-priced, take-it-anywhere e-book reader.
The OLPC's XO Children's Machine is still a little clunky around the edges, and the availability of free, modern e-books is slim. But several open source projects are emerging that promise to improve the XO's capability as an e-book reader.
Once the kinks around software and content are ironed out, the XO could be pitched to commuters, students and travelers as a purely consumer device — "it's the rugged Kindle!" — the OLPC project can generate much-needed revenue to fund its educational, open-hardware goals.As the One Laptop Per Child project scrambles to revitalize itself after numerous... more
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Former Beatle John Lennon is featuring in a charity's TV advertisement in the US, 28 years after his death.
The singer has been brought back to life using digital technology for the One Laptop Per Child initiative.
The charity aims to deliver tough, solar-powered computers to the world's poorest children.
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video of the commercial at link.Former Beatle John Lennon is featuring in a charity's TV advertisement in the US,... more
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This US advert for the 'One Laptop Per Child' initiative features John Lennon, brought back to life 28 years after his tragic death.
John was bought back to life using digital technology. 'One Laptop Per Child' aims to deliver through solar-powered computers for the world's poorest children.
there is more about 'One Laptop Per Child' at www.laptop.orgThis US advert for the 'One Laptop Per Child' initiative features John... more
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Even with the price of what used to be known as the "$100 laptop" still hovering closer to the $200 mark, the organization behind the XO laptop design is at work on a next-generation device with an even lower target price: $75. To get there, it's counting on advances in software technologies and in hardware development, including work on processors and displays.
Hence the typing experience depicted here in the One Laptop per Child organization's XO-2 mockup, where the standard laptop keyboard has been replaced by a QWERTY touch screen. That reconfiguration would also allow for customizable keyboards, the OLPC said Wednesday, with younger children using a simplified keyboard and older ones able to use designs specific to various applications and multiple languages.
Credit: One Laptop per Child
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What an opportunity. Affordable and practical. "By being independent of any specific hardware platform and by remaining dedicated to the principles of free and open source software, the Sugar platform ensures that others can develop diverse interfaces and applications for governments and schools to choose from." All for a $100 bucks. Eat your heart out Steve Jobs.What an opportunity. Affordable and practical. "By being independent of any... more
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The BBC News website visited Nigeria to see Africa's first large scale test of the XO laptop - a portable computer designed for the world's poorest children.
The One Laptop Per Child Project's so-called $100 laptop, also known as the XO, incorporates technology and software specially developed to cope with the inhospitable conditions found in many developing nations.
Intel's laptop for developing world children, the Classmate, is also being distributed in Nigeria and around the world.
In order to save power and production costs it is smaller than a traditional laptop and has no CD-drive. The BBC News website visited Nigeria to see Africa's first large scale test of... more
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Negroponte said that as a member of OLPC, Intel should do nothing to undercut distribution of the XO. Instead, he said that Intel used its position on the OLPC board to make its attacks on the XO more credible.
Negroponte cited Peru, which has agreed to purchase 260,000 XO laptops. He said that after the deal was announced, Intel's top executive in Peru tried to sabotage it. "The head of Intel Peru goes to the vice minister in charge of OLPC's program, and starts saying, 'It's not going to work, it's never going to work; we know it's not going to work because we're on the board of directors.' " Negroponte said Intel used similar tactics to discourage officials in Mongolia from purchasing the XO.Negroponte said that as a member of OLPC, Intel should do nothing to undercut... more
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A frail partnership between Intel and the One Laptop Per Child educational computing group was undone last month in part by an Intel saleswoman: She tried to persuade a Peruvian official to drop the country?s commitment to buy a quarter-million of the organization?s laptops in favor of Intel PCs.
Intel and the group had a rocky relationship from the start in their short-lived effort to get inexpensive laptops into the hands of the world?s poorest children.
But the saleswoman?s tactic was the final straw for Nicholas Negroponte, the former Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer researcher and founder of the nonprofit effort.
He demanded that Intel stop what he saw as efforts to undermine the group?s sales, which meant ceasing to sell the rival computer. Intel chose instead to withdraw its support from One Laptop this week.
A frail partnership between Intel and the One Laptop Per Child educational computing... more
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If working means the kids are messing around with the imbedded camera.
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Most people in developed nations recognize the "digital divide" separating people with access to the Internet and its wealth of information from those who have few resources. We want a world of "digital inclusion." How can we allow more people access to the Internet? What are the infrastructure barriers? What are the cost barriers? What about people in developing countries, rural areas, islands? And what about the threat of economic barriers that could impede access to parts or all of the Internet? This video about the issues surrounding digital inclusion features interviews shot at the 2007 Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio IGF was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who gathered to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies.
This documentary was produced for Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org , an online resource exposing future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
The multimedia section of the site includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. Imagining the Internet is a project based at Elon University.
Most people in developed nations recognize the "digital divide" separating... more
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December 1, 2007
This week, Uruguay became the first-ever real, non-pilot deployment site of OLPC XO laptops.
About a thousand machines were given out in three days. Another seven thousand will be given out in Uruguay in the next two weeks, and another 90 thousand in the coming months. Peru is next: they signed an order for 260 thousand today.December 1, 2007
This week, Uruguay became the first-ever real, non-pilot... more
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The One Laptop Per Child charity that went into production a few months ago provided $100 laptops to children in developing countries designed to entertain and educate children while allowing them to learn by themselves. But how good is such a cheap computer? According to the kids, it's easy to use, easy to learn, and fun. Sounds like a success! Check out what kids are saying!The One Laptop Per Child charity that went into production a few months ago provided... more
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MIT Prof. Nicholas Negroponte's dream is to put a laptop computer into the hands of every child as an educational aid. Lesley Stahl reports on his progress in Cambodia and Brazil.MIT Prof. Nicholas Negroponte's dream is to put a laptop computer into the hands... more
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In November, youll be able to buy a new laptop thats spillproof, rainproof, dustproof and drop-proof. Its fanless, its silent and it weighs 3.2 pounds. One battery charge will power six hours of heavy activity, or 24 hours of reading. The laptop has a built-in video camera, microphone, memory-card slot, graphics tablet, game-pad controllers and a screen that rotates into a tablet configuration.
The laptop consumes an average of 2 watts, compared with 60 or more on a typical business laptop. Thats one reason it gets such great battery life. A small yo-yo-like pull-cord charger is available (one minute of pulling provides 10 minutes of power); so is a $12 solar panel that, although only one foot square, provides enough power to recharge or power the machine.
David Pogue(video):
http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=6ffd976ed
Google Tech Talks April 12, 2007(video):
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4285568518538296189In November, youll be able to buy a new laptop thats spillproof, rainproof,... more
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The One Laptop Per Child project's "Give One Get One" sale started yesterday. For a limited time, anyone can buy one of the rugged, open little laptops for your own use, provided that you also pay for a second machine that will be donated to a kid in the developing world.
Between November 12 and November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. During this time, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your life in recognition of your contribution.
The One Laptop Per Child project's "Give One Get One" sale started... more
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The One Laptop Per Child Program, which hopes to spread sub-$200 computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, has reached a milestone with the start of mass production.The One Laptop Per Child Program, which hopes to spread sub-$200 computers to... more
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