OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) is non profit association which develops a low cost laptop ~(100$ – 200$) to educate the world’s poorest children. Most of us haven’t even heard about this association but this is in existence and helping a lot of children around the world in their education by providing these laptops. Laptops developed by this associations are not just like a toy laptop which we people generally sees in some gift shops while these are actual laptops which has its own operating system, called XO laptops.
Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.
XO Laptop’s user interface is known as ‘Sugar’. These laptops are built especially for children in developing countries, living in some of the most remote environments. The most amazing things about these laptops are -
It is about the size of textbook and lighter than a lunch box
Can easily be assumed as several configurations like standard laptop use, ebook reading, gaming.
Children may also have a second battery for group charging at school while they are using their laptop in class.
Wireless networking: Integrated 802.11b/g (2.4GHz) interface; 802.11s (Mesh) networking supported; dual adjustable, rotating coaxial antennas
It has in built Video camera
USB Support
A unique screen that is readable under direct sunlight for children who go to school outdoors.
Extremely durable, brilliantly functional, energy-efficient (can be run through solar power)
The estimated product lifetime is at least five years.
Over all these XO laptops are amazing. Just check it out on below links and donate in india.
http://laptop.org/en/
A real world laptop for real world change. The XO laptop.
Many years and an infinite amount of sweat equity went into the creation of the XO laptop. Designed collaboratively by experts from academia and industry, the XO is the product of the very best thinking about technology and learning. It was designed with the real world in mind, considering everything from extreme environmental conditions such as high heat and humidity, to technological issues such as local language support. As a result, the XO laptop is extremely durable, brilliantly functional, energy-efficient, responsive, and fun. Come take a look.