Similar projects

The OLPC - not for profit- makes sure an open source, open hardware, open community, open robotic project exists and materializes in the form of a rugged educational tool in the form of a portable school or learning environment where kids and their families and networks can come together, so small it fits in a box: the XO laptop-tablet and can be PV powered.

The XO for sure is another arrow on the arc to respond to the multiple challenges as identified e.g. in the Millennium Development Goals - or more in particular MDG 2 - Bringing Universal Primary Education, Health Education, Combating poverty, Agenda21, etc.

There are of course other groups that have developed aligning projects, who can e.g. unlock synergies.

If you find any that you think are valuable to be known to other members of the olpc community, feel free to list them here:

Aligning projects

1. http://www.mobileschool.org

Potential partners

1. http://www.warchild.org
2. http://www.ineesite.org - International Network for Education in Emergencies
3. http://www.unicef.org/media/media_42085.html
4. http://www.teacherswithoutborders.org
5. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam cf their link on the page Netherlands- organises a class on Open Source and OLPC

Similar products

OLPC has never claimed to be in competition, but rather sought to stimulate similar products so that more may benefit.

1. Intel Classmate
2. Asus EEEpc
3. the 99+9=108€ 7 inch Pupiltab and the 10 inch' Teachtab competitors to the Apple iPad
   1. 20120509: "Belgian company comes with 99€ budget tablets for education that are nearly as good as an iPad3" 2 devices: the 7 inch "Pupiltab 'and the 10 inch' Teachtab. All units are equipped with Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich, a multitouch screen, a 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 Core processor, 2 USB ports, an HDMI and a MicroSD port and 512Mb/1Gb 4Gb/16Gb RAM and internal memory. The devices are WiFi enabled, and can be provided an additional 3G dongle via the Internet. More: Analysis and actions by OLPC Open Community and OLPC Europe http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Competing_projects_in_Belgium . After 2 years the tablets loose screws, they were never able to surf the web. Models were changed for an upgrade and way beyond 240 €. It shows how well the XO is priced.

• http://cubox-i.com/ - $54.99 - $69.99 - $129.99 open source computer without screen, keyboard, ... . It shows how well the XO is priced.