What is One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)?

OLPC is actually an abbreviation of slogan "one laptop per child" which means "every child should have his own laptop". OLPC was initiated and organized as a non-profit organization by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Multimedia Lab. By producing laptops close to $ 100, it will be given to developing countries interested in this program and provided directly to children by the government To reduce the knowledge gap, it is also called a hundred yuan computer.

OLPC

OLPC is actually an abbreviation of slogan "one laptop per child" which means "every child should have a laptop computer of his own", which is called "everyone computer".

OLPC is described in the Digital Revolution written by Simole Piper, Alan Kay, and the Digital Revolution by Negroponte.

January 2005, MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

April 2004 Negroponte Di 100 yuan notebook concept

Research and development started in January 2005

Launched the first prototype in November 2005

First public appearance in December 2005

Launch of the second generation in early 2006

Listed in volume in early 2007

1. Computer mode (conventional computer operation, equipped with touchpad);

2. E-book mode (flip screen);

OLPC-Laptop XOXO Brazil

Summary

The OLPC Asia-Pacific organization was formally established in Hong Kong in November 2008.

OLPC XO Notebook Configuration List

CPU: AMD series low price chip

Storage medium: 1GB flash memory (without hard disk) and 128 megabytes of DRAM memory

Panel: dual-mode LCD panel

System: Free Linux system, all software is free

Connectivity: 802.11b / g / s wireless network card 3 USB2.0 ports

Slot: MMC / SD memory card slot

Operating system: Fedora Core-based (Linux)

Camera function: built-in camera (640 × 480, 30 frames / second)

Input: keyboard

Touch panel

microphone

camera

Power: Ni-MH battery

Display: Dual-mode 19.1 cm / 7.5-inch diagonal thin film transistor LCD 1200 × 900

Laptops have no hard drive, no optical drive (CD / DVD), no floppy drive, and no fan. Because there is no hard disk, the ATA interface is unnecessary. This computer also does not have a PC card slot, but an SD card slot is provided.

Printers, hard disks, CD drives, digital versatile discs, USB drives, and other peripherals can be linked via a universal serial bus port. Larger expansion can be achieved through the SD card slot.