OLPC experiments with cow-powered laptops (seriously)
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| The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) is toying with a novel source of
| power for its low-cost XO laptops: cows.
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| "We plan to drive a dynamo (taken from an old Fiat) through a system of belts
| and pulleys using cows/cattle," wrote OLPC's Arjun Sarwal, in an e-mail dated
| Oct. 21 and posted to one of the group's discussion lists.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9044060
Related:
One Laptop per Child Creates the World's ''Greenest'' Laptop Computer
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| The XO Laptop Consumes One-Tenth the Power of Typical Laptops and Earns
| Highest European and U.S. Environmental Certifications
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/071022/20071022005302.html?.v=1
On Education, Innovation, OLPC, And Open-Source
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| While I used the machine for only a few minutes, I came away very impressed
| by it, in part because of my recent thinking about the growing importance of
| open-source to education, and the shared sense of adventure and hope that I
| found at the conference.
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http://daveshields.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/on-education-innovation-olpc-and-open-source/
Lessons to Learn from the OLPC
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| 1- Cheap is good
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| 2- People don’t need a lot of power
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| 3- Linux please
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| 4- Flash storage is key
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| 5- Make it efficient
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| 6- Hand crank!
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| 7- Don’t skimp on the features
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| 8- Make it rugged
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| 9- Make it look cool
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| 10- It’s a tablet, too
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http://www.geek.com/lessons-to-learn-from-the-olpc/
One Laptop Per Child (New Version), Reviewed by 12-Year-Old
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| For a regular laptop, this would be the paragraph about its problems, its
| deficiencies. But the thing is, there aren’t any problems with this computer!
| Congratulations, OLPC. You’ve done it. Or will you come out with yet better
| laptops? Is that even possible? We’ll have to see...
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http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1206
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