NEW DELHI: Having rejected Nicholas Negroponte's offer of $100 laptops for schoolchildren, HRD ministry's idea to make laptops at $10 is firmly taking shape with two designs already in and public sector undertaking Semiconductor Complex evincing interest to be a part of the project.
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I have seen it, touched it, and played with it. The final industrial design prototype for the XO, the device that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Initiative is going to start shipping to countries across the world this summer. AMD hosted a luncheon on Monday to give the press an update on the project, and to unveil the completed design.
A team of Brigham Young University students has achieved a feat that has eluded soft drink and clothing manufacturers for years.
BYU mechanical engineering students demonstrate their merry-go-round generator. The merry-go-round playground equipment, which will be used in Ghana, has two purposes: a play toy for children and a power generator that will provide electricity for remote schoolhouses throughout the country. (Stuart Johnson, Deseret Morning News)
Stuart Johnson, Deseret Morning News
BYU mechanical engineering students demonstrate their merry-go-round generator. The merry-go-round playground equipment, which will be used in Ghana, has two purposes: a play toy for children and a power generator that will provide electricity for remote schoolhouses throughout the country.
They have found a way to harness the energy of youth.
Six students from BYU's engineering department unveiled Tuesday a playground merry-go-round that generates electricity as it spins. The goal is to provide an inexpensive, simple power source for remote school houses in developing nations.
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This paper proposes structure and content for in-service training of teachers in the use of OLPC, using the OLPT. The operation of the OLPC works with activities being the central concept; this is contrary to the MS Windows approach, where applications are the central concept. This and other differences must be conveyed to tutors, teachers and pupils.
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