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Why is Anyone Surprised that Kindles Are Too Breakable for Children? | iFixit

Wed, 09 May 2012 23:04:03 +0000

Perhaps the best implementation of educational technology in the developing world, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) designed their own laptop—it’s durable, light, can withstand extreme conditions, and, most importantly, is easily repairable by the children themselves. Remove four Phillips screws, and the screen’s off. Four more screws, and the motherboard’s off. Their repair and troubleshooting guides are available on each laptop and online, and they are also developing a list of sources for repair parts.

Tags: #duh #ewaste #imported:pinboard #kindle #olpc #repair

Why is Anyone Surprised that Kindles Are Too Breakable for Children? | iFixit

Wed, 09 May 2012 23:04:03 +0000

Tags: #duh #ewaste #kindle #olpc #repair

The sods must be crazy: OLPC to drop tablets from helicopters to isolated villages

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:57:40 +0000

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has devised a bizarre plan for deploying its new XO-3 tablet. The organization plans to drop the touchscreen computers from helicopters near remote villages in developing countries. The devices will then be abandoned and left for the villagers to find, di...

Tags: #olpc #tech

Sugar Activities

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:08:50 +0000

Uses the open source software powering addons.mozilla.org "Activities extend Sugar, letting you personalize your experience. Take a look around and make Sugar your own."

Tags: #activities #addons #amo #olpc #opensource #sugar

bunnie’s blog » Blog Archive » OLPC XO-1

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:10:43 +0000

"If I were to make one general comment about the OLPC XO-1, it’s that its mechanical design is brilliant. It’s a fairly clean-sheet redesign of traditional notebook PC mechanics around the goal of survivability, serviceability, and robustness"

Tags: #bunnie #hardware #laptops #olpc

OLPC and the Kindle

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:18:17 +0000

"I explored the little OLPC and was quite impressed. I was impressed because it is a fully functional computer, with a screen size a tad larger than the Kindle from Amazon."

Tags: #gadgets #kindle #olpc

Nigerian pupils browse porn on donated laptops - Yahoo! News

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:14:19 +0000

"Nigerian schoolchildren who received laptops from a U.S. aid organisation have used them to explore pornographic sites on the Internet, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Thursday."

Tags: #funny #nigerian #olpc #porn

BBC NEWS | Technology | Public can purchase $100 laptop

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:20:36 +0000

"But customers will have to buy two laptops at once - with the second going to the developing world."

Tags: #gadgets #olpc

BBC NEWS | Technology | $100 laptop project launches 2007

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:56:57 +0000

They totally need to sell these for $250 a pop to techies in the western world, take $100 to sponsor another device for a kid somewhere, use the rest for overhead costs.

Tags: #gadgets #hardware #olpc

Edgar Gonzalez weblog ? Emulating the OLPC XO on a Mac (OSX)

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:30:58 +0000

"on emulating the One Laptop Per Child operating system, here there are the 3 steps for doing it on a mac running osx."

Tags: #nifty #olpc #osx #vmware

The "View Source" key

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:19:39 +0000

"One of the inspirations for OLPC is the powerful ability children have to learn with minimal guidance; an ability which is consistently underestimated by adults."

Tags: #olpc #programmingeducation #viewsource

OLPC - a photoset on Flickr

Tue, 23 May 2006 19:14:05 +0000

"The first working prototype of the $100 Laptop is unveiled at the Seven Countries Task Force Meeting, 23 May 2006."

Tags: #hardware #laptop #mit #nifty #olpc