olpc design analysis
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OLPC DESIGN ANALYSIS
“One laptop per child”
2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4292854.stm
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http://www.coroflot.com/michel_alvarez/Hundred-Dollar-Laptop-OLPC
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http://www.coroflot.com/michel_alvarez/Hundred-Dollar-Laptop-OLPC
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pictures
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pictures
http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10012657-7.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DqTYksKK-M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DqTYksKK-M
2006
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pictureshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/pete/sets/72057594143224765/with/152123539/
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Pictures
http://www.fuseproject.com/press/low_res%20versions/Curve%20Issue%2022_email.pdf
http://www.fuseproject.com/pdf/OLPC%20Case%20Study.pdf
2007
http://www.deeshaa.org/2007/04/23/ieee-spectrum-on-the-olpc/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-P5LsFfaro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-P5LsFfaro
http://www.flickr.com/photos/knightfoundation/6771617469/http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc/page74/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pieter-bidia/2925665693/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9qLLc4w-OE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5IfownwdWk
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/latest-update-on-negropontes-100-laptop/3635http://www.technologyreview.com/news/406141/powering-the-100-laptop/
http://www.olpcnews.com/hardware/power_supply/string_power_to_the_1.html
http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/the-laptop-crusade/0http://www.technologyreview.com/news/406141/powering-the-100-laptop/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dvdOoXfHwI
Members of the OLPC team, working with product design firm Squid Labs, in
Alameda, Calif., found that a small child, using her arms to power a hand crank,
could produce only 5 to 10 watts for a few minutes before her arms got tired. It would take about 10 minutes of cranking out 5 W to power the machine for 20 minutes in its
color graphics mode.
The OLPC designers considered solar cells but rejected them as too expensive. They
then turned to Squid Labs, which came up with an ingenious solution: a
microgenerator powered by a pull string, similar to the assembly used to start a lawn
mower.
http://www.slideshare.net/satishjha/2011-why-olpc#btnNext
http://hijinksensue.com/2007/11/26/when-you-can-see-the-giraffes-eyes-its-already-too-late/
http://notebooks.com/2007/11/29/funny-olpc-comic/
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1054.html
http://boards.core77.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12621
I believe feature-wise, and its purpose is bang on. However I tend to question the aesthetic. What I question is does it match the device's purpose?... Having been to areas where this is intended to be used
the aesthetic doesn't match. For a lack of better word, it is over-stylized. Will something that looks "cool" become a beacon for theft?
Functionally, there are 4 hinges (if you count each antenna "ear" as each having a hinge). Africa in
particular is innundated with pervasive red dirt. The stuff gets EVERYWHERE.
Tweet: jonwinebrenner
you're absolutely correct, it appears to have no connection to its stated purpose. I think most of these designed items for the 3rd
world, "bringing technology to the worlds kids", are design and media exercises for their creators.
by pier » April 11th, 2007
http://boards.core77.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12621
it's designerly aesthetic seems
remarkably similar to this: except not as
cool...
i just want to see how the power crank works...
twitter.com/madhero101
by yo » April 10th, 2007
Unless there is an armed guard these things are a beacon
for theft. Tweet: jonwinebrenner
I keep thinking of the Apple eMate circa 1997
by cg » April 11th, 2007
If this thing is durable, but looks like a toy, is
that a good design decision?
Tweet: jonwinebrenner
http://inhabitat.com/fuseprojects-award-winning-xo-laptop/
So my concern is more the design of the product. This thing is slick and very modern looking. It LOOKS better and more expensive than $130. Even if
these devices get into children’s hands, is having them look the way they do going to attract more attention? I suppose 1M units going to Nigeria could effectively flood the market and make this point moot. But I still question the aesthetic of a product that looks like it should be sitting on my desk
next to my iPod in the environment that it is going to.
http://www.aialone.com/
you're absolutely correct, it appears to have no connection to its stated purpose. I think most of these designed items for the 3rd
world, "bringing technology to the worlds kids", are design and media exercises for their creators.
by pier » April 11th, 2007
http://www.fuseproject.com/category-1-product-652008
http://www.intel.sg/content/www/us/en/intel-learning-series/technology-to-classroom.html
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2007/09/its_time_to_call_one_laptop_per_child_a_failure.htmlhttp://www.hackeducation.com/2012/04/09/the-failure-of-olpc/
http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/peru/who_is_to_blame_for_olpc_peru.html
“OLPC… broke the most important design rule from the very beginning of the project. Design from the bottom up, not top down. This was, almost in every way, a traditional top down product development”
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