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=Laptop News 2007-08-18=
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1. Cambridge: Ivan Krstić has been named to ''Technology Review'''s prestigious TR35 List of Top Young Innovators. Ivan has been recognized by TR as one of the world's top innovators under the age of 35 for his work on OLPC’s innovative computer-security platform, [[Bitfrost]].
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To contribute a story or news idea, see the '''[[OLPC:Newsroom|OLPC newsroom]]'''.
2. CTest-1: 300 CTest-1 laptops were built this week in Shanghai; 150 of them are on their way to Cambridge, 10 of which will be immediately diverted to UL for final certification, along with full complements of batteries and AC adapters.


For coverage of recent OLPC updates, see our [[twitter]] feed and [http://blog.laptop.org OLPC blog].
3. Microscope: Barrett Comiskey of the Nicobar group (and former Eink co-founder) has begun work on a low-cost microscope and a low-cost periscope. He is working on developing optical and other peripherals for the laptop, such a plug-in membrane that can act as an audio drumming machine. Pierre Lena, who runs the primary school science program “la main a la pate” (LAMAP) is also working on a microscope for the XO; efforts can be coordinated between the two efforts.


This page historically hosted announcements and news about OLPC, along with the Sugar Labs [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Current_Events '''current events'''] page.
4. Activation: Scott Ananian updated the initial ramdisk to better handle activation from unpartitioned USB keys and SD cards; he tuned the activation graphical user interface (GUI), and he refactored the code to support activation via a separate anti-theft client. Scott tracked recent JFFS2 cleanmarker changes by Mitch Bradley and Dave Woodhouse and to he added support for backup and restore from unpartitioned USB keys/SD cards. Scott updated the autoreinstallation script: we now turn on “preserve user data” by default. Also, the script preserves the activation lease contents on activated machines and some changes have been made to make activating never-before-activated machines a bit easier. Scott also updated the autoreinstallation instructions on the wiki (See [[Autoreinstallation image]]).


== Upcoming pieces ==
5. “Pretty boot”: Holding down the left directional pad during boot of the latest builds freezes the DCON—the first iteration of “pretty boot.” Scott used the minimal framebuffer support he wrote for the activation GUI to make a tiny proof-of-concept boot animation (which rotates the XO man).
; Claudia
: Learning Chat piece: 278 words, ready now. [[File:Learning Chat.docx]]
: Making Learning Visible: Claudia's (& Walter) original is 25 pages. Submitted to a journal. w/o OLPC Background it is down to 12-15 pages w/ screenshots.
: This can become a 4-part series.
; Antonio: Homo docens: 500+ words, Antonio approved my edits. [[File:Homo docens JLedits.docx]]
: Further work: we can definitely ask him to contribute on a quarterly basis but I've found that I have to be very specific as to what I am asking to do and he has to be comfortable that it is consistent with his academic work.
: Ask for a new piece on the epidemiology of learning
; Rodrigo:
: [[Ometepe]] - A beautiful piece with wonderful images. RAH posted a personal and lengthy version (1500+ words) that he shared with his private distribution list. I made an edited version (1200 words) that could be shared publicly. Must check with RAH on this. [[File:Ometepe articulo por Rodrigo Arboleda.pdf]] [[File:Ometepe by Rodrigo Arboleda (3).pdf]]
: I had hoped that we could do a video series with Rodrigo but the budget hasn't been approved. Giulia - can we get an answer on this?
; Rwanda:
: Rwanda case studies
: Ceri Whatley - summary of importance of headmasters - confirm subset to reuse
: Social mapping project - 1- or 2-part piece - check w/ Julia
: Grandmother project - 2- or 3-part piece - check w/ Julia (and is there more to that awesome series?)
; Other Africa
: So. Africa case studies
; Peru and Uruguay:
: ''Oscar B's piece on the IADB study?''
: You said that Uruguay and Peru produce a ton of content on a continuous basis. I'm struggling a bit with how we can easily get the content and translate it into English. Giulia - could Olga help? I don't want to burden her with more work. Maybe we do this every 2-3 months.
; Other LatAm:
: Colombia: Sandra's quarterly? newsletter and website could feed into this. Plus english translations.
: Nicaragua: Regular update, beyond Ometepe?
: Paraguay: Contact [[ParaguayEduca]]
: Mexico: Ask Mariana @ OLPCMexico
; OLPC Australia: Great text and videos.
; OLPC Europe: Quarterly update from them?
; OLPC Oceania: Quarterly updates from Mike Hutak
; OLPC Jamaica: Quarterly update from Sameer, good videos.
; North America
: Miami - David! and a story from Chester
: Canada - Jennifer Martino, Q


== News archives ==
6. Software updates: Scott also wrote a manifest specification (See [[Manifest Specification]]) for activity/library/base os bundle manifests. The manifest will allow us to do inter-bundle sharing, incremental download, and security system authentication of bundle contents. It uses canonical JSON as an interchange format, in the minimal spirit of LISP S-expressions (See [[Canonical JSON]]).


'''[http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/community-news/ Weekly OLPC News postings]''' to the community-news mailing list give updates on recent work. Weekly summaries were also posted on-wiki during [[OLPC:News/2008|2008]]. Weekly postings to the list were put on hold at the start of 2009, and started again in 2010.
7. Wireless: In response to mesh throughput fluctuations observed by the team at Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) in Rio de Janeiro, Marvell implemented and tested and new rate-adaptation algorithm. The new scheme continuously adjusts the transmission rate using transmission-frame error rates as its input. In the existing scheme the rate for a specific link was fixed during path discovery. The new scheme results in more constant mesh throughput at the expense of peak observed (instantaneous) throughput.


Archives: [[OLPC:News/Archive 1|2005-2006]]
8. Firmware: Mitch Bradley released Q2C24 firmware with various improvements, including: faster scrolling; graphical display of copy-nand progress; the firmware resume path leaves USB alone; WLAN driver supports promiscuous mode; an Easter egg (press rocker key to the right after power-on); and a change to the cleanmarker format for consistency with kernels after Aug 10. He also made progress, albeit slow, on crypto. Lilian Walter worked on DNS this week. The code can now issue DNS AAAA query to both IPv4 and IPv6 DNS servers to resolve hostname into Ipv6 address. The next phase to get her router or DHCPv6 server to advertise the IPv6 DNS server IPv6 address.
| [[OLPC:News/Archive 2|2007]]
| [[OLPC:News/Archive 3|2008]]
| [[OLPC:News/Archive 4|2009-10]]


=== Translations ===
9. School server: Due to an increase in the volume of discussion, we now have a separate chat (#schoolserver on irc.oftc.net) for the school server. Holger Levsen has setup a conventional laptop with an “active antenna” (a Marvel USB wlan device) as a school server (at least the internet gateway part of it) based on a installation image from http://xs-dev.laptop.org/xs/, while taking notes on every installation/configuration step. He plans to automate the procedure next week. Using the server, XOs can now access the interweb over the mesh automatically.
Sporadic translations of news archives from 2008 and earlier can be found here:
: [[OLPC:News/lang-de|German]] | [[OLPC:News/lang-es|Spanish]] | [[OLPC:News/lang-ja|Japanese]] | [[OLPC:News/lang-ko|Korean]]


== [[OLPC:Videos|OLPC videos]] ==
10. Kernel: This week Andres Salomon continued pushing patches upstream (the never-ending story), discovered a serious flaw in the way that we're handling our kernel configs that broke IPv6 support (and will most likely require an upstream patch to get right), merged some USB patches from upstream that should help with suspend/resume issues, synched the master and stable branches up, merged a bunch of vserver updates (including ipv6 support), and fixed some audio driver problems.
For a history of videos about OLPC and the XO, see [http://olpc.tv olpc.tv] and [[OLPC:Videos]].


== Sugar news ==
11. X Window System: The packaging part of X 1.4 is complete; in retrospect it wasn't that problematic. The server starts and runs Sugar with no visible rendering issues, but there are not yet any input devices. Bernardo Innocenti is trying to get HAL (the hardware abstraction layer) to properly configure them. The old mechanism based on dbus and “respeclaration” no longer works, but we do not care, because it was only for debugging purposes.
Walter continues to post summaries of Sugar development '''[http://walterbender.org/?cat=3 on his blog]'''.


== Press ==
Sergey Udaltsov has made a first pass at XKB support for Amharic. The new keyboard standard that has recently been formalized in Ethiopia includes a basic keyboard layout and a series of overlays for composing more than 200 characters.
For an archive of OLPC media coverage, see the [[OLPC:Press/2005-2008|2005-2008 press archives]].


== Past announcements ==
12. Etoys: Most of the Etoys team members, Yoshiki Ohshima, Scott Wallace, Takashi Yamamiya, Kim Rose, and Alan Kay spent a week with Kathleen Harness to discuss the documentation issue. (Kathleen has been managing the squeakcmi.org site at UIUC.) Kathleen's “SqueakCard” will be bundled as a quick help materials for Etoys. Concurrently, various bug fixes and enhancements were published. Most notably, Takashi's and Korakurider's gettext interoperability is reaching to a point where almost all needed phrases in the system can be exported for translation.
Developed through 2011 by the Racepoint Group, OLPC's ''pro bono'' PR firm.


* 2008-08-06 : [[Media:OLPC-Asia.doc|One Laptop per Child expands its presence in Asia]] with project leads in India and China
13. Build 542: Jim Gettys has pulled together extensive release notes for our new stable build (See [[OLPC Trial-2 Software Release Notes]]). There are also extensive notes geared towards a less technical audience in the wiki (See [[542 Demo Notes]]).
* 2008-05-20 : [[Media:XO-2-preview.doc|One Laptop per Child frames the next generation of the revolutionary XO laptop]], with a lighter dual-touchscreen design.
* 2008-05-15 : [[Media:XP-on-XO.doc|Microsoft Windows XP is now available on the XO laptop]]
* 2008-05-03 : [[Media:Kane-appointment.doc|One Laptop per Child appoints Charles Kane as President and Chief Operating Officer]]
* 2008-01-07 : [[Media:G1G1-results.doc|One Laptop per Child Giving Campaign Raises $35 Million]] in 2007
* 2007-12-12 : [http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaaa/industryPR-detail.jsp?id=2FDAB6BE-AE3B-482F-A7B0-6570C75397E4 ''The Kite Runner'' Inspires Gift Through One Laptop]
* 2007-12-05 : [[Media:Peru-OLPC.doc|Peru launches OLPC with 40,000 laptops]], starting with one-classroom schools across the country.
* 2007-12-04 : [[Media:Birmingham-OLPC.doc|Birmingham, Alabama commits to One Laptop per Child]], with a pilot of 15,000 laptops across the city.
* 2007-11-24 : [http://www.50x15.com/en-us/sol_results_xo.aspx The Holiday Season Starts with Giving One Laptop]
* 2007-10-29 : [[Media:Uruguay-launch.doc|OLPC wins a bid to provide 100,000 laptops to children in Uruguay]], to be overseen by the Uruguayan CEIBAL project
* 2007-10-22 : [http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20071022005302/en One Laptop per Child creates the world's "greenest" laptop computer]
* 2007-06-11 : [[Media:Mass-production.doc|Mass Production of XO's begins!]] at Quanta's Chinese facilities.
* 2007-01-03 : [http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20070103005194/en OLPC Announces First-of-Its-Kind User Interface for XO Laptop Computer]


=More News=
Laptop News [http://laptop.media.mit.edu/laptopnews.nsf is archived] at [http://laptop.media.mit.edu/laptopnews.nsf/latest/news Laptop News].
Also on [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/community-news/ community-news].


You can subscribe to the OLPC community-news mailing list by visiting the [http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/community-news laptop.org mailman site].


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=[[Milestones]]=
Latest milestones:
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All milestones can be found [[Milestones|here]].


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=[[PRESS|Press]]=
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More articles can be found [[Press|here]].

=[[Video of the OLPC | Video]]=
Miscellaneous videos of the laptop can be found [[Video of the OLPC|here]].

* A collection of several videos can found at [http://www.olpc.tv OLPC.TV]
* IBM Podcast, Walter Bender on One Laptop per Child [http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/podcast/dwi/cm-int042407.html]
* Ivan Krstić delivers a [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4285568518538296189 technical presentation of OLPC] at the Google TechTalk series
*60 Minutes, What if Every Child had a Laptop [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/20/60minutes/main2830058.shtml]
*CNN, Should Intel Fear $100 Laptop? [http://money.cnn.com/services/video/]
*Red Hat Magazine: Inside One Laptop per Child, [http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/07/25/inside-one-laptop-per-child-episode-04/ Episode Four]
*Red Hat Magazine: Inside One Laptop per Child, [http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/06/08/inside-one-laptop-per-child-episode-03/ Episode Three]
*Red Hat Magazine: Inside One Laptop per Child, [http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/04/25/inside-one-laptop-per-child-episode-02/ Episode Two]
*Red Hat Magazine: Inside One Laptop per Child, [http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/03/23/inside-one-laptop-per-child-episode-one/ Episode One]
* OLPC [http://www.sf.tv/var/videoplayer.php?videourl=http%3A%2F%2Freal.xobix.ch%2Framgen%2Fsfdrs%2F10vor10%2F2007%2F10vor10_26012007.rm%3Fstart%3D0%3A05%3A20.498%26amp%3Bend%3D0%3A09%3A50.738 Video from Switzerland], 26.01.2007
*Interview with Nicholas Negroponte [http://www.acm.org/pubs/cie/jan2006/clips/nicholas_negroponte.mov on the &100 Laptop]
*Presentation by Jim Gettys at [http://www.techpresentations.com/2007/03/07/one-laptop-per-child/ FOSDEM 2007]
*GLOBO- BRASIL: Crianças testam computador portátil/ [http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM607884-7823-CRIANCAS+TESTAM+COMPUTADOR+PORTATIL,00.html Students test the laptop]
*Mark Foster delivers presentation to [http://stanford-online.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/061004-ee380-300.asx Stanford University]
* Technology Review [http://www.technologyreview.com/video/laptop Mini-Documentary]
* A Brief [http://www.radiofarda.com/Article/2007/01/04/f2_Interview-laptop.html Demo]

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This page historically hosted announcements and news about OLPC, along with the Sugar Labs current events page.

Upcoming pieces

Claudia
Learning Chat piece: 278 words, ready now. File:Learning Chat.docx
Making Learning Visible: Claudia's (& Walter) original is 25 pages. Submitted to a journal. w/o OLPC Background it is down to 12-15 pages w/ screenshots.
This can become a 4-part series.
Antonio
Homo docens: 500+ words, Antonio approved my edits. File:Homo docens JLedits.docx
Further work: we can definitely ask him to contribute on a quarterly basis but I've found that I have to be very specific as to what I am asking to do and he has to be comfortable that it is consistent with his academic work.
Ask for a new piece on the epidemiology of learning
Rodrigo
Ometepe - A beautiful piece with wonderful images. RAH posted a personal and lengthy version (1500+ words) that he shared with his private distribution list. I made an edited version (1200 words) that could be shared publicly. Must check with RAH on this. File:Ometepe articulo por Rodrigo Arboleda.pdf File:Ometepe by Rodrigo Arboleda (3).pdf
I had hoped that we could do a video series with Rodrigo but the budget hasn't been approved. Giulia - can we get an answer on this?
Rwanda
Rwanda case studies
Ceri Whatley - summary of importance of headmasters - confirm subset to reuse
Social mapping project - 1- or 2-part piece - check w/ Julia
Grandmother project - 2- or 3-part piece - check w/ Julia (and is there more to that awesome series?)
Other Africa
So. Africa case studies
Peru and Uruguay
Oscar B's piece on the IADB study?
You said that Uruguay and Peru produce a ton of content on a continuous basis. I'm struggling a bit with how we can easily get the content and translate it into English. Giulia - could Olga help? I don't want to burden her with more work. Maybe we do this every 2-3 months.
Other LatAm
Colombia: Sandra's quarterly? newsletter and website could feed into this. Plus english translations.
Nicaragua: Regular update, beyond Ometepe?
Paraguay: Contact ParaguayEduca
Mexico: Ask Mariana @ OLPCMexico
OLPC Australia
Great text and videos.
OLPC Europe
Quarterly update from them?
OLPC Oceania
Quarterly updates from Mike Hutak
OLPC Jamaica
Quarterly update from Sameer, good videos.
North America
Miami - David! and a story from Chester
Canada - Jennifer Martino, Q

News archives

Weekly OLPC News postings to the community-news mailing list give updates on recent work. Weekly summaries were also posted on-wiki during 2008. Weekly postings to the list were put on hold at the start of 2009, and started again in 2010.

Archives: 2005-2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009-10

Translations

Sporadic translations of news archives from 2008 and earlier can be found here:

German | Spanish | Japanese | Korean

OLPC videos

For a history of videos about OLPC and the XO, see olpc.tv and OLPC:Videos.

Sugar news

Walter continues to post summaries of Sugar development on his blog.

Press

For an archive of OLPC media coverage, see the 2005-2008 press archives.

Past announcements

Developed through 2011 by the Racepoint Group, OLPC's pro bono PR firm.

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