Open source encyclopaedia for children soon
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| Children may soon have an interesting learning tool covering areas such as
| culture, ecology and history. The idea of Encyclopaedia Indica Kids, an open
| source encyclopaedia came to the director of the National Folklore Support
| Centre, Chennai, M.D. Muthukumaraswamy when he wondered what to teach his two
| young children.
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http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/17/stories/2007121758010200.htm
OLPC will make use of information like this.
Related:
OLPC Wins Popular Science Award
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| 'The goal of the XO is simple and noble: to give every child a
| laptop, especially in developing countries, where the machines will
| be sold in bulk for about $130 apiece. But the One Laptop Per Child
| nonprofit, formed at MIT, didn't just create a cheap computer. In
| addition to cutting costs -- by designing lower-priced circuitry andu
| sing an open-source operating system, among other things -- it also
| improved on the standard laptop by slashing the machine's energy
| use by 90 percent, ideal for a device that could be charged by
| hand-cranked power in rural villages.'
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http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2006/index.html
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