Rwanda: OLPC Chief in the Country

Source: Humanitarian News

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Rwanda: OLPC Chief in the Country

Source: AllAfrica.com

The Chairman and CEO of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Association, Rodrigo Arboleda, has praised Rwanda for the efforts made in the implementation and distribution of computers in schools countrywide. Arboleda who i ...
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From Jamaica: OLPC and the need for early childhood education

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Google's Schmidt Pledges Raspberry Pi Linux Computers to U.K. Schools

Source: OStatic

As we've reported, the diminutive $25 Linux computer dubbed Raspberry Pi is attracting developers and tinkerers, and we've also noted that it could succeed where projects like One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) ran into roadblocks--in the educatio ...
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Source: BNET

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Via's APC, a $49 Android desktop computer, goes on sale this summer

Source: The Verge

We've seen a profusion of relatively low-cost PCs and tablets over the last few years, but Taiwanese electronics company Via's APC is cheap even by these standards: it's a $49 low-power desktop computer running a modified version of Android 2.3. Annou ...
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Sony hand-cranked USB charger replenishes energy without an outlet

Source: The Verge

We've seen a few hand-cranked chargers out there, most notably as an accessory for the OLPC XO-1, but Sony's new CL-A2LAS is one of the more practical implementations. The new USB charger includes a 4,000mAh battery that requires three minutes of cr ...
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The 2012 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government

Source: Kurzweilai

EEE ’12 | EEE 2012 conference is being held jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other research conferences (WORLDCOMP). WORLDCOMP is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engin ...
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