OLPC in developing countries @MIT
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| OLPC is testing solar cell panels for the roofs of schools.
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http://olpc.lo-res.org/2007/05/mit.html
Related:
OLPC developing new 'supercharger'
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| The XO batteries do not work on normal laptops, which can sap up to 40 watts
| of power depending on usage, Jepsen said.
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| The XO is also the first laptop that uses only alternative energy, Jepsen
| said. Low-cost solar panels are great as a power option where there is plenty
| of sunlight, Jepsen said. Energy is especially scare in developing nations,
| so the laptop will hopefully pass on energy preservation lessons, which could
| help preserve battery life in the XO, Jepsen said.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=558184569&rid=-50
Hey charger! OLPC gets power boost from Aussie coder
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| A 21-year-old Australian is playing a key part in developing the charger unit
| for the XO-1 -- the laptop which is the center of the One Laptop Per Child
| project.
|
| [...]
|
| According to it's website, GSoC aims to "get more open source created and
| released for the benefit of all", and requires students to licence all GSoC
| code under a licence acceptable to their host organisation.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=193757623&rid=-50
Nije Shikhi, and GNOME on 12 Volt DC
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| The computers to be used for that are based on the Geode platform,
| and are powered by a 12 volt DC battery (which is charged by
| solar cells).
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http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings/2007/03/31/nije-shikhi-and-gnome-on-12-volt-dc
Report: Linux, open source greener than Windows
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| A new report from the U.K. Office of Government Commerce about Open
| Source Software Trials in Government, has found that servers running
| Linux could combat the rising problem of e-waste because they last
| up to twice as long as machines running Windows.
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1246762,00.html?track=sy184
http://tinyurl.com/38cge3
Use GNU/Linux and help save the planet
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| Are Windows users, not by choice, the worst polluters of the planet
| relative to GNU/Linux? Well, not intentionally but the lifecycle of
| a machine running Windows must be shorter than that of a
| conscientious Linux user who can prevent that old 400MHZ Celeron PC
| with 128MBs of memory gathering dust in the corner from heading for
| the scrapheap.
|
| [...]
|
| The Chinese have a saying: the journey of a thousand miles begins
| with the first step. Reusing a puffing and wheezing old computer
| by installing a minimal GNU/Linux distro and staving off the day
| when it trudges forlornly to the scrapheap is at least a baby step
| in the right direction.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/use_gnu_linux_and_help_save_the_planet
Going green
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| Linux is a free, open-source alternative to Windows that will happily
| run on older computers that struggle to run XP or Vista.
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http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/going-green/2006/12/19/1166290549494.html
http://www.kuteev.ru/ph10/edf4.jpg
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