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To propose a new project, create a section with the following:
==== [[Projects/PROJECTNAME|PROJECTNAME]] ==== Project: Proposer: Other contributors: Audience or impact: Brief description: (link to a full description at [[Projects/PROJECTNAME]]) Relevant experience & other projects: Contact information (wiki, email, &c): [If requesting XOs] # of XOs needed, and their use:
When requesting laptops: include the last line above. Some questions to answer:
- Have you tried emulation for this purpose?
- Could you use laptops for a limited time borrowed from a local community pool of machines?
- Similarly, would other projects be able to share these laptops, or would they be in constant use?
- What power supply or keyboard do you need?
Be sure you have a valid email address for your wiki account as one way to reach you.
Current applications
Note: please create an account on this wiki and sign your application below with four tildes: <tt>~~~~</tt>
freifunkprojekt
Project name: freifunkxo Project proposer: Dhopkins Other contributors: John, Chris, Aaron Project audience or impact: the malleable minds of freifunkdom Project description and relevant experience: test project description. Will inspire others to write longer project descriptions. For details, see Projects/freifunkprojekt Need for laptops: green muses are hard to come by
lx700video
Project name: LX-700 hacking Projekt proposer: Thorsten Haas Other contributors: - Project audience or impact: OLPC proper - new functionalities in the XO Project description and relevant experience: See Projects/lx700video Need for laptops: 1
Software Defined Radio
Project name: Software Defined Radio Projekt proposer: Thomas Kleffel Other contributors: - Project audience or impact: OLPC could be used as shortwave data/audio receiver in remote areas Project description and relevant experience: Projects/SDR Need for laptops: 1 Have you tried emulation for this purpose? Doesn't work for assessing OLPC's performance (Sound IO / Processing Power) Tk 07:04, 30 December 2007 (EST)
Status: handed out on 30th Dec 2007
Internet via GSM
Project name: GSM 4 XO Project proposer: Olaf Emcke Other contributors: - Project audience or impact: Use a mobile to access internet via GSM Project description: Projects/gsm4xo Need for laptops: 1
Budget Robotics Kit
Project name: Robotics Kit Projet proposer: Willibald Palatin Other contributors: Chris Project impact: Possibility to play with sensors and actuators Project description: Build a budget robotics controller, based on the ATMega series (possibly use an arduino board). Connected via USB, open source and easily assemble- and programmable, with a simple GTK interface. At least 10 pins to read sensor values or send/pulse +5V DC.
Develop Teaching the Teachers to teach with OLPC
Project name: Teach Teachers to teach Projet proposer: B-Ranger (@web.de) Other contributors: Project impact: If you want Teachers in OLPC-Use-Areas to use the olpc in class you first need them to know what they can do. That for you may want to develop ideas for them and a introduction that makes the teacher enthusiastic about the olpc so that she/he can 'infect' her/his pupils. And for developing that "teach-the-teacher" you may want to have a presentation, test and try-object. The idea is to develop a program that teaches german/austrian (teaching) students, so they can take the olpc to a foreign country and tell the ppl (esp. the local teachers) about it and show them the benefits.
QKD project
Project name: EntangleMe Project proposer: National U. of Singapore Project impact: show off XOs being used for science Details: see projects/EntangleMe
MoinMoin wiki
Project name: MoinMoin Project proposer: ThomasWaldmann Other contributors: Project audience or impact: all users wanting to use a wiki (e.g. for notes, knowledge base, ...) Project description and relevant experience: see http://moinmo.in/ Proposer is project admin of MoinMoin project and a long term Python developer. Need for laptops: 2 (to test wiki sync and collaboration)
Low cost microcontroller experimentation kit
Project: Low cost microcontroller experimentation kit Proposer: [[User:deBaer]] Audience or impact: Giving children the possibility to build their own hardware projects on a breadboard with a microcontroller. Brief description: Developing a low-cost open source kit with a breadboard, a microcontroller, a few simple components (buttons, LEDs, ...) that is in-system programmable from the XO. Make an easy-to-use activity that shows the board setup and compiles and programs the microcontroller code. Allow editing and sharing of those projects. See [[Projects/MicrocontrollerKit]]) Relevant experience & other projects: Information Technology engineer, teaching in higher education, Linux developer since 1995 Contact information (wiki, email, &c): deBaer æt gmail døt com XOs needed: 1 for getting into SUGAR development and testing microcontroller programming methods