Category talk:OLPC FAQ
Dear Sirs, what about the opportunity of entering the Internet in the Poorest Countries where no telephone line is not available? Enrico Furia enricofuria@hotmail.com
What are the expected shipment volumes or units of the olpc for 2006-2011? Do you expect the density of the NAND Flash to increase over time as the price drops to the $10 NAND price for 512MB or 4Gbit SLC NAND part today? alan.niebel@web-feetresearch.com
At Mexico the Federal Electrical Utility (C.F.E.) is starting tests for Internet communication over power lines... that is how the phone line availability can be solved. --Dagoflores 00:37, 4 August 2006 (EDT)
Some questions which I would to get answers:
1.- Is the screen able to shift orientation so it can would present text under a "book shape page format" possibly with two columns of text in a "Reader´s Digest" fashion (tested by them as the most readble format for fatigue less reading?
2.- I wonder where my proposal for educational games among teams of players (in the Scout Boy/Girls fashion) went, it just dissapeared, the games required a)Teamwork, b) Precision, c) Fast work, d) cooperation and in-teamwork study, e) etc..
3.- Ditto with my "Tool Machine Simulators" (like lathes, drills, sewing machines, construction machinery) to teach basic TRADE ABILITIES to elders & youngsters.
Only third world countries?
I'm curious, I'm helping a new educational program called the village to continue adding to their success. Essentially, the program began as a grassroots effort to improve self esteem and a sense of pride for African American students (only 19% of our AA students are graduating with a high school diploma in California). In turn, the program recorded over a 30% increase in test scores for students participating in this program. We are now looking to further accesibility of this program to more students, as well as creating an even richer environment for these students to excel (and in the future we would like to expand the program availability for other minorities). Though we are part of a first world nation, California alone has the 5th largest economy in the world, our public schools are still in dire need of support. Crenshaw High School, which recently lost it's accreditation, has only one computer on the entire campus.
That being said, will there be a way for the underprivileged children of our country be able to benefit from this program?
