One Laptop Per Child

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One Laptop Per Child
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Mission

• Its an education project, not a laptop project
  Nicholas Negroponte
• The goal of the One Laptop Per Child project is
  to provide children around the world with new
  opportunities to explore, experiment and express
  themselves.

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Using Open Source to Lower Cost

• Open Source free and customizable
• Software
• Linux used for the main operating system
• Python programming language used for user
  interface.
• Xulrunner run-time environment used by the
  Firefox browser
• Csound a programmable music and audio
  environment

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Hardware Specifications

• Internal wireless router
• 7.5 inch display
• Can selectively suspend operation of its CPU to
  save power.
• Touch pad supports pointing as well as drawing
  and writing.
• Does not contain a hard drive (512mb flash memory
  instead)

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Applications

• Web browser
• Document viewer
• Word processor
• RSS reader
• E-mail client
• Chat client
• VOIP client
• Journal
• WIKI
• Video playback
• Music composer
• Graphic toolkits
• Games

• See the laptop in action http//www.ivr-usability
  .com/olpc/olpc.html