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Inside One Laptop per Child: Episode 02

by Julie Bryce

(video) Filmed and edited by Simple Coat Productions.
Episode 02 of this series documenting the One Laptop per Child project focuses on the activities built for the laptop. Activities, not applications, since the machine is designed for children and applications is a decidedly adult word.

Also in this episode, meet more of the faces behind the project and hear more from CTO Mary Lou Jepsen and Red Hat team lead Chris Blizzard.

Have questions you’d like answered about the project? Or an idea for a future episode? Leave us a comment–let us know what you want to see.

Download this video: [ogg]

Other related videos: Inside One Laptop per Child, episode 01.

13 responses to “Inside One Laptop per Child: Episode 02”

  1. olpoc #1 fan says:

    This video is much less rock star and MTV cribbs than the first one - ‘J5 BUILD MASTA COMING ATCHA’.

  2. Paul says:

    I have a question…. at the other end of the product lifecycle, do you have anything planned for recovery of the hardware for proper disposal/recycling? Otherwise this could become a blot on the landscape in ten or so years - hundreds of thousands of these laptops, broken or worn out, piled up in scrap heaps. In spite of that, I think what you’re doing is awesome, keep up the good work!

  3. Peter Gordon says:

    Hi, and thanks for the very interesting articles. I’ve mirrored both OLPC videos (Ogg Theora) on my webspace: http://mirror.thecodergeek.com/olpc/

  4. Ola Lindberg says:

    I’m really impressed with this project. It makes me happy! Good work!

  5. Sachin Shrestha says:

    Hey.. great work… keep it up..

  6. bongo says:

    It would be cool to see something about the wifi networking. How well does the Internet bridging work etc… Btw what were the antennas for? Can you connect them to XO’s and connect to more distant kids?

  7. Ashish Barot says:

    Really it will hit market on planet.
    Will Become “TOP OF THE WORLD”

    Now each child will breath Open Source, without paying anything to anyone for licence.

    specially thanks to REDHAT for this big jump in Children environment.

    Thanks.
    With Warm Regards,
    Ashish Barot.
    +91-9825250897
    India.

  8. Worik says:

    I want one, please!

    This is relevant to a lot more places than the developing world.

    This will change the world.

    Keep up the good work, I am off to donate some money.

    Worik

  9. SomeWhiteGuy says:

    Perhaps this is answered somewhere else… How will the support structure for this (very imaginative) platform be organized? Hardware replacements, OS support. Will there be local people in these areas who can source broken screen hinges, cracked displays, etc? How much will these parts cost?

  10. Permtemp2003 says:

    Will the OS be available for download, and be usable on other computers other than the XO laptop?

  11. Ravi Kumar says:

    It’s very nice video. How tech. is growing day by day.

  12. Alan Tait says:

    Keep up the good work.
    (And don’t worry about the proprietaries!)

  13. pupkarik says:

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