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= Ankur Verma = |
= Ankur Verma = |
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Intern, One Laptop Per Child, Cambridge |
Intern (May'08 - July'08), One Laptop Per Child, Cambridge, U.S. |
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== Areas of involvement == |
== Areas of involvement == |
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* 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] |
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* SMS Connectivity: A way to deliver short text messages to mobile devices[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SMS] |
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* Rural (Low cost) connectivity with Modems [ |
* Rural (Low cost) connectivity with Modems [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Modem] |
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* Worked on developing problems with multi-platform solutions which can be used to teach and learn programming as Summer of Content Intern |
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[Hackety_Hacking_the_Computer_Science_Classroom_Workspace] |
* Summer of Content -- an internship program co-organized by OLPC and COL. [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Hackety_Hacking_the_Computer_Science_Classroom_Workspace] |
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== Contact == |
== Contact == |
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Website: http://ankur.nsit.googlepages.com/ |
Website: http://ankur.nsit.googlepages.com/ |
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== Notes == |
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== Weekly Updates == |
== Weekly Updates == |
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=== Week 29th May - 6th June === |
=== Week 29th May - 6th June === |
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=== 30th June - 10th July === |
=== 30th June - 10th July === |
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Imagine Cup world finals |
Imagine Cup world finals at Paris, France |
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=== 13th July - 19th July === |
=== 13th July - 19th July === |
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* Set up XO as OLPC SMS Gateway using SMS Server tools |
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=== 21st July - 26th July === |
=== 21st July - 26th July === |
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* Integrated SMS capability to Chat activity on XO |
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Latest revision as of 13:42, 8 May 2009
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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