Laptop / $100 Laptop / One Laptop Per Child

http://laptop.org/

Thanks to the OLPC project, I have received an OLPC XO at http://linux.conf.au/ (LCA). My intention now is to build some hardware interfaces, play with some of the interfaces to that hardware, and document it on the olpc wiki - http://wiki.laptop.org/

What is it?

This is hard to describe on this site.

• An education tool
• Created for children of the emerging world
• Recyclable (special concentration on battery and LCD)
• Ultra power efficient (7 watt max, 2 watts nominal)
• High resolution and daylight readable screen
• Rugged - water resistant, rubber antena
• Weight: 1.45Kg
• x86 AMD at 433MHz
• 256 MB DRam, 1GB Flash
• 3 USB, Audio out, Audio in, SD card
• Built in video camera
• Flexible audio input - volt measurement, pressure, temperature and more
• Sugar - Environment designed for learning
• Telepathy - shared activities all the time

See Also

• OLPC Australia