User:Ankur.verma

Olpcboxes OLPC, Cambridge Intern 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, One Laptop Per Child, Cambridge

Areas of involvement

• SMS Connectivity: A way to deliver short text messages to mobile devices[1]
• Rural (Low cost) connectivity with Modems [2]
• Developed Content for XO: Problems with multi-platform solutions which can be used to teach and learn programming [3]

Contact

Email: ankur at laptop dot org

IRC: ankur on #olpc, #sugar

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

Notes

ankur_notes

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 [4] page with server connectivity using modems

30th June - 10th July

Imagine Cup world finals