[TriLUG] Anyone catch 60minutes last night concerning the OLPC?

[Brian Henning]

Power it via generator-equipped stationary bicycles.  That way the
kiddies won't get fat from sitting in front of their laptops all day
long playing Counter Strike.

We oughta have something like that here!  I'd be a lot more inclined to
put miles on my stationary bike if it were a prerequisite to computer
time..  Heyyy, a dynamo bicycle hooked to a UPS..  I think I may be onto
something here!

*runs off to the PTO*

~B 

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Calloway
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 4:31 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Anyone catch 60minutes last night concerning the
OLPC?

Tim Jowers wrote:
>    How much are the OLPC's now? $287?

$175 according to Ivan Krstic. But there are four models with different
specs. The retail price (mid-2008) will be double, as each retail
purchase will need to subsidize the donation of one laptop for a child.

The hand crank generator feature has been dumped, too. Too much
mechanical stress over the required lifetime. So powering it will cost
extra.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4285568518538296189

(The same basic talk was delivered at PyCon a couple of months earlier.)

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Sincerely,

Chris Calloway
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