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OneLaptopPerChildoplcorg

 


 

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One Laptop Per Child olpc.org

 

Having gone to the new RRWG funded site [(what did that cost?

and why so close to providers?)] monthly meeting and

hearing about possible funds for Assistive Tech communication

hardware, the following One Laptop Per Child,

Give One Get One limited time offer  seems worth noting. 

There is one week left (from 20071120?) [SEE BELOW] to bye[&buy] for ~$400 US,

a newly designed notebook computer intended for children

in developing countries but possibly useful for domestic

and consumer use?

 

Jokes about provider paternalism[/maternalism] aside, this is a small cheap computer

with advanced capabilities worth exploring [(like mesh networking)] for posslble use domestically

and in the consumer & newbie population.  The ~$400 donation sends

one laptop to a developing country child (w/ ~$200 tax [deduction] benefit)

and one here to your kid (age and verification?),

for a limited time offer and a tmobile or other such communication

company gives a year subscription [(almost the value of the second machine)],

which might help in the needed [regional] communication for safety,

reporting remotely on consumer recovery and many other issues.

 

The hand cranked power [and solar] (optional?) for areas without

electricity might come in handy bike touring in the underdeveloped

areas to conferences, on public transit, [conference rooms without

plugs handy, on the road display tables,] etc.

 

I know I want one but can not afford it in one of the richest counties

in the 'developed' world...

 

20071121 jerry

 

20071126 ADDENDUM:

According to PBS Newshour MacNiel Lehrer's broadcast on

Thankgiving day (which also contained a piece on Sustainable

Agriculture and Farmers Markets including in Fairfax County

on the last day of the season and a few clips with my old bike

on a tree in the beginning and end of the segment) on OLPC with

Negraponte (who mentioned wikis) addendum said that the offer

is extended to ~Dec 31, but supplies are limited iirc...

 

Personally, I think they should continue the offer indefinitely,

as the relatively well to do Americans can continue to buy,

donate machines and help develop software and hardware

accessories for kids the world over which means more free

laptops for kids elsewhere...  Not sure how these compare

with Nintendo DS, Gameboy and other toys that kids seem

to be addicted to in the states, but an educational machine

theoretically could contain more 'edutainment' like DopeWars ;-}

...

 

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Page History

20080319 Jerry

  • Jerry created this page to archive off the FrontPage which has gotten too large over the years for downloading.

   Note: period takend out of oplc.org for page name contraints

    OPLC.org is really laptop.org

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