Madeline Kroah-Hartman madeline@kroah.com
OLPC Founded 2005 $100 computer for children 2006 price was raised First laptops shipped 2007
Give 1 Get 1 Promotion November 2007 $399 Sold over 83,000
2.5 million laptops shipped
Anti-theft system
Low power
Hand cranked power
YoYo charger
Solar Powered charging
Wind Belt charger
Uruguay 2007
Afghanistan
Ometepe, Nicaragua
Rwanda
Madagascar
India
OLPC software Based on Fedora Linux Sugar interface Developed for small children Written in Python Goals Reduce interface clutter Limit controls to tasks relevant at the moment Works on low resource machines
XO-1 Model AMD processor
XO-2 Prototype
XO-3 Prototype
XO-1.5 Model VIA processor
XO-4 Touchscreen ARM Processor
XO-Tablet
XO-Tablet Sale to the public June 2013
XO-Tablet Android based
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Madeline Kroah-Hartman madeline@kroah.com I'm going to talk abou the One Laptop per Child project (OLPC), what it's history is, and what it plans to do in the future. I'll also show you a demo of the latest OLPC hardware and software interface.
OLPC Founded 2005 $100 computer for children 2006 price was raised First laptops shipped 2007 The OLPC project started in 2005 with the goal of providing a $100 computer for children. In 2006, the price was announced that it would be a bit higher due to manufacturing costs First laptops shipped in 2007
Give 1 Get 1 Promotion November 2007 $399 Sold over 83,000 Give 1 Get one promotion in winter 2007 Cost $399 Essentially the price was for two laptops One laptop for you, one for a child Sold over 83,000 I got my first laptop through this program
2.5 million laptops shipped There have been 2.5 million laptos shipped since 2007
Anti-theft system All laptops have an anti-theft system that requires they phone home to the server every few days. If this fails, the laptop is locked out. This can be updated by USB stick owned by the teacher, instead of a network, for the countries with unreliable internet connections.
Low power The laptops are very low power, lasting a school day with normal usage. Processor stops between each keystroke, leaving the screen on, to conserve electricity.
Hand cranked power This is a hand crank that attaches to a desk to recharge the laptop. Costs $13 Has an LED that showes how fast it needs to be cranked. Made by the same company that creates the crankable flashlights.
YoYo charger Prototype of a YoYo charger that you pulled by hand. Testers said it was painful to keep pulling after 10 minutes. The laptop required you to pull this for 1 ½ hours to recharge it. Was never distributed.
Solar Powered charging Current method of recharging is by solar power. Various solar panels are availble. Ranging from being able to recharge a laptop in 5 hours to 30 minutes. Laptops can be plugged into the solar panels and still used at the same time.
Wind Belt charger Other chargers that the OLPC foundation are considering is the Wind Belt charger. It creates electricity from the vibrations generated when wind hits a ribbon. This is still under development.
Uruguay 2007 Uruguay was first country to place an order in 2007 Since then, over 300,000 laptops have been given to children in this country for all school children between 6 and 12 years old. First country to give a laptop to all of their children.
Afghanistan Half of the OLPC schools in Afghanistan are for girls. They have given 4,500 laptops to children. The laptops have a dual Dari-Latin keyboard. All software is localized into Dari, and some is in Pashto as well.
Ometepe, Nicaragua I live on an island outside of Seattle, and we have a sister island in Nicaragua called Ometepe. In 2012, all students on the island of Ometepe got a OLPC laptop. The fact that the screen can be easily seen in bright sunlight was key in choosing this laptop for the children.
Rwanda Rwanda started in 2007, giving 10,000 students a laptop, and all citizens universal access to the Internet. The program has grown since then, with over 100,000 laptops provided to children.
Madagascar Madagascar also started providing laptops to children in 2007, giving them to their youngest students who learned to read and type with them. They are also learning how to use and maintain their machines with their own laptop hospital.
India After students in India received their XO laptops, their attendance rate have kept their attendance level at almost 100%. Their teachers run weekly workshops inviting other teachers to come and work with their students to share new ideas.
OLPC software Based on Fedora Linux Sugar interface Developed for small children Written in Python Goals Reduce interface clutter Limit controls to tasks relevant at the moment Works on low resource machines The sofware on the OLPC is an interface called sugar that runs on top of Fedora. It is unlike anything you have ever used before on computers, and was designed specifically for small children. It is all opensource, and written in Python. The goals of it were to reduce the clutter of the screen and limit the tasks to only what can be done at the moment. It works very well on not powerful machines. You can run it on your own laptop with a bootable USB stick.
This is the main screen of the sugar interface. The icons in the spiral around you are the different programs available to run.
This is the application that allows kids to measure how far away the laptops are from each other in meters.
This is an abikiss program, as I guess they still teach children how to use these.
This is one of the programming tools on the laptop, called etoys. You program the car to drive around the screen.
This is a physics simulation, where you draw shapes on the screen and show how gravity and other forces affect them in real time.
This is a python language programming environment.
This is a ruler program that allows you to measure things from the edge of the laptop, or on the screen itself.
This is another programming environment called scratch that is a 2d animation system.
All laptops come with a local copy of Wikipedia, in the native language of the children for them to use.
There is also a word processing application for children to write papers with.
And if you really want to use the Linux command line interface, there is a terminal program included on the laptop as well.
XO-1 Model AMD processor AMD processor Wireless This is the model that I got Very durable, very long battery life
XO-2 Prototype After two years, a number of different prototypes were developed. This is one that is all touchscreen, and folds in the middle with no real keyboard. It was never produced.
XO-3 Prototype This was another prototype of a tablet only model. It looks like it will be released sometime this year.
XO-1.5 Model VIA processor This like the first version they released, but they upgraded the processor.
XO-4 Touchscreen ARM Processor Here is the latest version, I have a model here. It is an ARM processor, and has a touchscreen. It will be shipping later this year.
XO-Tablet This is the tablet that I talked about earlier. It is the third generation of the OLPC.
XO-Tablet Sale to the public June 2013 It is planned to be sold at your local WalMart for $100. Plans to ship it to children are very unclear, and not much is known about the durability of the tablet.
XO-Tablet Android based The software on the tablet is very different, based on Android, and will be loaded with a lot of education based applications. Big into maps.
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