Netbook manufacturers trying to distinguish their budget wares are nothing new, and Dell have taken to the classroom with their Latitude 2100. Announced yesterday, the Latitude 2100 packs the usual Intel Atom N270 processor but in an education-friendly design; as LaptopMag found, that means things like a semi-rugged design and a light that lets teachers know that their students are wasting time online.
Dell have announced a new range of netbooks, the Latitude 2100 series, intended for the educational market. Based around Intel’s Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, the Dell Latitude 2100 comes with rubberized casings and gigabit ethernet, and can be specified with an antimicrobial keyboard, SSD, touchscreen, carry-handles and shoulder straps.
Video demo after the cut
Non-profit organization Literacy Bridge have announced a pilot program of their so-called Talking Book Devices, which the company describes as a “sub-$10 audio computer”. The compact devices can be programmed with various spoken-word lessons, aimed to assist in educating people without access to formal education or electricity.
Exhibit and media design firm Ideum have cocked a snook at Microsoft with the launch of their MT2 Table, a multitouch-table which, at 50-inches running at 1280 x 720, is both larger and higher resolution than Microsoft’s Surface. The MT2 Table, which can respond to multiple points of contact across the display and recognize gestures, is intended for museum use, and as such has an aircraft-grade aluminum frame and thick tempered glass top. Underneath there’s a 2100 ANSI projector with a 2000:1 contrast ratio.
Video demo of the Ideum MT2 Table after the cut
A collaborative team between the Indian governments ministry of science and ministry of technology will unveil a super-low-cost computer on February 3rd, as part of the country’s $10 laptop project. Specifications of the notebook – which is intended for education use – are unconfirmed, but unofficial sources suggest it will have 2GB of memory, both ethernet and WiFi connectivity, the ability to expand the storage and low power requirements of just 2W, all in a small, portable package.
Are you sick of playing “fake guitar” on Rock Band or Guitar Hero? Do you want to serenade the ladies through song, but don’t know how to play guitar? Fear not – Disney’s Star Guitarist might be able to help you out.
Elonex’s One T and T+ netbooks are the UK’s answer to the OLPC $100 device; at around £129 (okay, so that’s $226, but we’ll overlook it) they’re intended for students and, for every 100 sold, Elonex will give one to an underprivileged little tyke. Under the hood things are even more modest than your average Eee PC: an Ingenic XBurst 400MHz processor and just 1GB of storage. Plugged In Blog have been playing with the One T, and come to the worrying conclusion that, as an educational device, it falls short.
Teaching English, as second language is not easy, and now English teacher in Japan have a competition, Nintendo DS. One school in Japan has started its trial phase of using DS portable gaming console as tools to teach kids English.
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