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OLPC license Pixel Qi 3qi low-power displays for XO laptops

, Mar 30th 2010 Discuss [3]

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and Pixel Qi have announced a cross-licensing agreement that will see the former's affordable laptops for developing nations use the latter's 3qi low-power displays.  It comes as little surprise, perhaps, what with Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepsen being an ex-OLPC team member; the Pixel Qi panels were always planned to head back to OLPC and reduce the energy-efficient laptops' power consumption even further. Read The Full Story

OLPC XO-1.5 approved by FCC, releasing soon?

, Jan 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

The OLPS XO-1.5 was previously announced in 2009, and was believed to come in January 2010.  It hasn’t been released yet, but has just reportedly received approval from the FCC, always a milestone to watch for. Read The Full Story

The Tragedy of One Laptop Per Child

, Dec 30th 2009 Discuss [22]

It didn’t come as much as a surprise, but the good folks working on the One Laptop Per Child Project announced that the that the OLPC XO-2 concept had been shelved and in what appears to be bowing to the hype of tablet form factors, they’ve announced the new XO-3. Yawn. Feels like we’ve been here before and you know why? It’s because we have.

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OLPC XO-3 pencilled in for $100 2012 launch

, Dec 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

After announcing last month that the OLPC XO-2 concept had been abandoned in favor of a more straightforward slate-style XO-3 device, the One Laptop Per Child project have now released renders of what that tablet might look like.  The work of Yves Behar, the design has an 8.5 x 11 inch touchscreen, would use inductive charging, be waterproof and cost around $100.  It's also expected to combine a Pixel Qi indoor/outdoor display with plastic screen components from Plastic Logic. Read The Full Story

Sugar on a Stick v2 Blueberry released [Video]

, Dec 8th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sugar Labs have released v.2 "Blueberry" of their Sugar on a Stick virtualized OS, intended for deployment in education settings.  Originally released in public beta back in April, the platform was originally developed for the OLPC XO-1 notebook but subsequently spun out for any Windows, Mac or Linux computer. Read The Full Story

Give A Little Bit… Of Tech

, Nov 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

“Wow! So you just pull two fingers apart on the screen to zoom in on the site?” This was my mother’s reaction last week to seeing the power of pinch-to-zoom on her new iPhone 3GS. Yes, just last week my mother, a successful business woman but a technophobe at heart, discovered that the iPhone has a little thing called multitouch! You know, that small feature that made Apple’s first phone go down in cellphone history.  And her amazement didn’t stop there; she was blown away by every phone feature from the Notes application’s “cute” handwriting font to the “cool” animation of the trash can that sucks down messages like a “garbage disposal.”

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OLPC scrap dual-display XO-2; single-sheet “model 3.0 slate” in works

, Nov 3rd 2009 Discuss [1]

OLPC chairman Nicholas Negroponte has revealed that the twin-display OLPC XO-2 2.0 project has been scrapped, in favor of an updated - but cosmetically identical - revamp of the existing 1.0 XO-1 model and a new, model 3.0 that has "totally different industrial design, more like a sheet of paper".  Speaking to Xconomy, the outspoken exec also sought to redefine the initial, well-publicized aim of "the $100 laptop" in terms of total cost of ownership: $1 per child per week to buy, maintain and connect the machine. More OLPC model 3.0 details after the cut Read The Full Story

India orders 250,000 OLPC laptops

, Apr 28th 2009 Discuss [0]

The OLPC project has had a welcome injection of orders from a market that was once among their most-vocal critics.  The Indian government have bought 250,000 XO laptops, after their attempts to create a $10 laptop rival failed; the challenge began after a successful 2007 trial of the OLPC's machine in which 20 XO units were placed in a Maharashtra school. Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi working on three-in-one display

, Apr 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Pixel Qi is working on a new display that includes three different functions into one convenient product. It would feature color and black-and-white modes like the XO-1, but also have an e-paper mode for an easier-on-the-eyes experience. According to the company's chief, Mary Lou Jepsen, the new screens would eventually have touchscreen features. The goal here is to make a screen that can be read under full daylight, use the least amount of power possible and do more than just show images. There's a real desire to add touch functionality. While Pixel Qi displays have been used primarily in OLPC notebooks so far, they can now also be used in products for other companies, though who they are is not yet known. [via Electronista]

Sugar on a Stick: OLPC without the XO-1

, Apr 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Part of the OLPC project's appeal has been its innovative Sugar OS; now Sugar Labs have released a public beta of Sugar on a Stick (SoaS), which allows anybody to create a portable Sugar environment that will run on any computer.  Fitting onto a 1GB USB memory stick, SoaS combines a compressed version of Fedora 11 with the Sugar Labs amendments. Read The Full Story

OLPC XO-2 to be open-source hardware

, Feb 3rd 2009 Discuss [3]

OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte has revealed that the OLPC XO-2 - the dual-touchscreen sequel to the XO-1 - will be released with an open-source hardware design.  Describing the approach "as if we were Google", compared to the first-generation notebook which was "designed as if we were Apple", Negroponte says that all hardware components - including the dual displays and the touch-sensitive, force-feedback, haptic keyboard - will be available to third-parties to develop. Read The Full Story

Indian $10 laptop to get February 3rd unveil

, Jan 30th 2009 Discuss [2]

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. Read The Full Story
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