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= Ankur Verma =
= Ankur Verma =


Intern, One Laptop Per Child, Cambridge
Intern (May'08 - July'08), One Laptop Per Child, Cambridge, U.S.


== Areas of involvement ==
== Areas of involvement ==
* Deployment at ''Katha Khazana'', a school setup by Katha organization in a slum community at New Delhi. [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_India/Katha_Chronicle] [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/e/e9/Katha_chronicle.pdf]

* SMS Connectivity: A way to deliver short text messages to mobile devices[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SMS]
* Rural (Low cost) connectivity with Modems
* Rural (Low cost) connectivity with Modems [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Modem]
[[XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem]]
* Summer of Content -- an internship program co-organized by OLPC and COL. [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hackety_Hacking_the_Computer_Science_Classroom_Workspace]
* Worked on developing problems with multi-platform solutions which can be used to teach and learn programming as Summer of Content Intern
[[Hackety_Hacking_the_Computer_Science_Classroom_Workspace]]


== Contact ==
== Contact ==
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Website: http://ankur.nsit.googlepages.com/
Website: http://ankur.nsit.googlepages.com/


== Notes ==

[[ankur_notes]]
== Weekly Updates ==
== Weekly Updates ==
=== Week 29th May - 6th June ===
=== Week 29th May - 6th June ===


* Internship started from 29th May.
* Internship started from 29th May.
* Started learning about working with modems on linux
* Updated [[XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem]] with steps to work with Franklin Modem
* Updated [[XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem]] with steps to work with Franklin Modem


=== Week 9th June - 13th June ===
=== Week 9th June - 13th June ===


* Updated [[XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem]]
* Added updated scripts to [[XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem]]
* Along with Daniel Drake and Chris Carrick, Worked on setting up of school server and demonstrated it at Grassroots bootcamp at Cambridge, MA - OLPC headquarters (1CC)
* Along with Daniel Drake and Chris Carrick, Worked on setting up of school server and demonstrated it at Grassroots bootcamp at Cambridge, MA - OLPC headquarters (1CC)
* Attended Grassroots Jam at New York (NYC)
* Attended Grassroots Jam at New York.


=== Week 16th June - 20th June ===
=== Week 16th June - 20th June ===
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* Worked on Motorola T-mobile Modem. Updated wiki page.
* Worked on Motorola T-mobile Modem. Updated wiki page.
* Framing development of activity for XO.
* Updated [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Configuration_Management#Internet_Connectivity_using_Mobile_Technologies_.283G.2C_GPRS.2C_CDMA.29] page with server connectivity using modems
* Updated [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Configuration_Management#Internet_Connectivity_using_Mobile_Technologies_.283G.2C_GPRS.2C_CDMA.29] page with server connectivity using modems

=== 30th June - 10th July ===

Imagine Cup world finals at Paris, France

=== 13th July - 19th July ===

* Set up XO as OLPC SMS Gateway using SMS Server tools

=== 21st July - 26th July ===

* Integrated SMS capability to Chat activity on XO

[[ankur_notes]]

Latest revision as of 13:42, 8 May 2009

Nuvola apps edu miscellaneous.png This user is a Senior student– Bachelor of Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
@ ankur
laptop.org

Ankur Verma

Intern (May'08 - July'08), One Laptop Per Child, Cambridge, U.S.

Areas of involvement

  • Deployment at Katha Khazana, a school setup by Katha organization in a slum community at New Delhi. [1] [2]
  • SMS Connectivity: A way to deliver short text messages to mobile devices[3]
  • Rural (Low cost) connectivity with Modems [4]
  • Summer of Content -- an internship program co-organized by OLPC and COL. [5]

Contact

Email: ankur at laptop dot org

IRC: ankur on #olpc, #sugar

Website: http://ankur.nsit.googlepages.com/

Weekly Updates

Week 29th May - 6th June

  • Internship started from 29th May.
  • Started learning about working with modems on linux
  • Updated XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem with steps to work with Franklin Modem

Week 9th June - 13th June

  • Added updated scripts to XO_with_USB_Cellular_Modem
  • Along with Daniel Drake and Chris Carrick, Worked on setting up of school server and demonstrated it at Grassroots bootcamp at Cambridge, MA - OLPC headquarters (1CC)
  • Attended Grassroots Jam at New York.

Week 16th June - 20th June

  • Worked on Internet Connectivity of XO with Sierra Wireless Modem and Sprint wireless modem.

Week 21st June - 28th June

  • Worked on Motorola T-mobile Modem. Updated wiki page.
  • Updated [6] page with server connectivity using modems

30th June - 10th July

Imagine Cup world finals at Paris, France

13th July - 19th July

  • Set up XO as OLPC SMS Gateway using SMS Server tools

21st July - 26th July

  • Integrated SMS capability to Chat activity on XO

ankur_notes