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Presentation of OLPC

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A.Presentation of OLPC1. The organization

Non-profit organization

Founded by Nicholas Negroponte

Mission : Empower education ofchildren in

the developing world by providing one

connected laptop to every school-age child

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A.Presentation of OLPC2. Brief history

January 2005 :

Negroponte presents the idea for the

$100 laptop

November 2006 :

The 1st laptops come out from Shanghai

November 2007 : Mass production begins

G1G1 program

2008-2010 : Prototype of laptops next generation

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Specifications

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B. Specifications

1. Hardware

Codename: XO

CPU clock speed: 433 MHz

DRAM memory: 256 MB

Mass storage: 1024 MB flash

Built-in camera and microphone

Sturdy easy to repair and energy-efficient

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B. Specifications

1. Hardware

XO's screen : dual-mode indoor/outdoor

(transmissive/reflective) 800 by 600 pixels in color mode

1200 by 900 pixels in greyscale mode

Transmissive mode Reflective mode

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B. Specifications

2. Software

OS : Linux with Sugar environment

Programming language : Python

Word processor, web browser, e-reader +games

Collection of e-books

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B. Specifications

2. Software

Some activities included

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B. Specifications

2. Software

Write activity

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B. Specifications

2. Software

Tam-tam activity

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B. Specifications

2. Software

Speak activity

26 Languages available:

Afrikaans Bosnian Catalan Czech German

Greek Esperanto

Spanish Finnish French -

Croatian Hungarian

Italian Kurdish Latvian -

Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak

Serbian Swedish Swahihi

Tamil Turkish - Mandarin

Chinese

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B. Specifications

2. Software

Memorize activity

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Impacts

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C.Impacts

1. Education in developing country

Current distribution of XO

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C.Impacts

1. Education in developing country

1.5 million children are now using the XO

laptop

Educational tools are being developed by

teachers and reseachers

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C.Impacts

2. Development of netbook in the PC industry

First netbook : ASUS Eee PC in 2007.

Originally designed for emerging markets.

Characteristics of a netbook :

small size

Simplicity

modest cost

Netbooks sales rate : 35 mil. Units /yearmore than 30% of the laptop market

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Future of OLPC

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D. Future of OLPC

XO-3

Available for children in the developed world first

Will still run on Sugar Prototype should be ready by the end of the year

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Conclusion

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Conclusion

OLPC gave laptops to 1.5 million childrenThe feedback shows they have a better education

Current price of XO : $199

OLPC failed in reaching the goal of $100

OLPC defined a new standard with its technology

You can help by

Developing new software or enhance existingTranslating existing contents (software, wiki)

Testing software

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Main sources

http://www.olpcnews.com

http://laptop.org

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Any question ?