New video of the OLPC social features

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[nosupecualponerme]

pay the parents of this childrens better salaries with better salaries better life with better life better homes with better homes better sanitation suroundings and axialy they dont need a computer what happen with the old books?the encylopedies the diccio0naries?,this books are getting dust and have the same info like the computers ,its from the books that the computers get all the info on them,a book dont need no batteries no solar power and its almost free ,send u books to this kids.. Later

[rhontos]

1. Cheaper and easier to ship

2. Getting kids to learn about technology can help then significantly

3. Its what this guy (who ever runs this) can do to help. He sees a problem, and uses what he knows (tech) to try to help with it. He also created a very neat product that helps motivate people to donate (if only to get their own)

[cutedaemon]

A book is cheap and easy to ship. So are bio-friendly pens and paper.

Getting kids to learn about technology will not help them with social problems. Turn the computer off and go play with others.

Lastly, you can not solve every problem with a computer. And where does the donation come in? Donate to the Red Cross and cut out the middle man.

[rhontos]

First, I mean that the amount of information you can get onto a computer would make it easier to ship, not that a single book is easier and cheaper than the OLPC. Getting internet might be more expensive than a book though, depending on the situation. Second, the computer isn't meant to solve social problems. Students collaborating with, say, the music program, is more beneficial to learning music than if the students were all working on it independently.

[helixdq]

It looks ok, but i think the whole initiative is misguided.

It's much better and cheaper to donate second hand computers to 3rd world countries (instead of creating more junk and polution). Everything made in the last 10 years is still perfectly useable, slap a Linux on it, make a custom "kid" desktop and there you go.

But the primary issue is cost and availability of internet and even power connectivity in the 3rd world not lack of computer hardware.

[timwintle]

Reasons the OLPC is better:

- Designed to run for 12 hours from a battery

- Can be Hand-wound up

- Mesh networking means you don't need expensive networking kit

- Single machine so teachers know how to fix them

- Want me to go on?????

[LessthanJake14]

Please do.

Runs simple interface and not Windows.

[bryede]

These are meant to be completely reliable and can be used in places where there isn't even power. Try sending some poor kid in a shack with no power an old Packard Bell and 15" CRT. Heck, the cost of refurbishing old PC's so the hard drive doesn't crash in the first week makes the OLPC worthwhile.

[marzigary]

The point is, if the kid's in a shack give him a proper home, not a laptop.

[bryede]

Or get the kid an education so he's the last generation to live in a shack.

[marzigary]

If you want to believe a laptop's needed to teach and educate I won't stop you.

[bryede]

A computer can allow access to vast amounts of information. It greatly reduces the resources (human and materials) needed to educate.

It's the old "teach a man to fish" thing. The important thing would be developing a good curriculum for the XO.

[LessthanJake14]

So you'd prefer another pointless Live 8? Charities are doing bugger all. Remember, this isn't one or the other; it's both or one. With a laptop, disadvantaged children can gain a plethora of information and opinions with a simple, intuitive and versatile laptop.

[cashmerio]

I think some people are interpreting the crude style as talking down to users. If this UI looked "fancier", I could see the same functionality working in an enterprise environment. In fact, this might be a fantastic telecommuting tool for teams. Still, the icons and use of space do look like they could be better, only having seen this clip. What happens when you get 100 users in the same neighborhood? Does your UI constrain your functionality?

[gh77]

Este laptop deberia de estar en los colegios de todo el mundo, incluidos los de los paises desarrollados. Es una herramienta perfecta.

[johnesco]

Please get some context folks. This is for kinds who may not even have TV. It's not treating them as stupid, it's treating them as brand new to technology. I'm glad they don't listen to comments here. You are all idiotic people who's flash opinion matters more than actually reading the website.

[jwphillips2]

As a moron in good standing, I demand to use the same lame virus-ridden software everyone else does - Microsoft! Even though I only speak English, I would have killed for one of these when I was 6 or 7. Great project!!!

[Anteater22]

"I really don't like the presumption of stupidity ... just because a kid can't afford a laptop doesn't mean they are retarded" I don't know about that, I've used computers all my life and it looks like it'd take a lot of effort for me to get my head around this. It could probably use a bit of work graphically, but it in terms of usability, it seems rethought rather than dumbed down to me.

[Anteater22]

Interesting ideas, though I'm not sure I like the idea of other users being able to see what I was doing. But perhaps you can turn that on or off.

[beerad2]

This thing looks terrible. What is this teaching kids?

[partymetroid]

They're not trying to teach them how to use computers. They're giving them tools for learning.

[starsky51]

The OLPC interface always seemed a bit basic and unappealing to me but now it all makes sense. The OLPC team are focusing on community rather than the individual users. This is starting to look very interesting.

Thanks for posting this and good luck to OLPC team.

PS. Multi-user web browsing would be good for allowing a teacher to run presentations for the class.

[ikemstar]

Extending the "social software" metaphor to the user interface level is a masterstroke. Who says we are all robots built into Windows?, or have a jihad for Linux?, both of which have horrible UIs. This looks and feels like the future of computing.

[hanzomon4]

This laptop actually is running Linux

[joelpt]

I really like this neighborhood-view concept. Though I think it would be nice if users had a bit more choice in what their icon looks like. Perhaps a handful of similar-looking models with the 2-color customization approach would do.

Also, I'm not sure how often folks would be browsing the web together, for example, as shown. The bulletin board concept, however, seems like a perfect match.

[hardlanding]

leachim6: So if it's not in Vista or OS X, it's retarded? Network Neighborhood is the way God intended us to locate network resources? We're supposed to accept Microsoft Word 2003 as the paragon of usable software? Even Microsoft doesn't think that. (Or they wouldn't have created a new paradigm for Office 2007.)

[leachim6]

I really don't like the presumption of stupidity ... just because a kid can't afford a laptop doesn't mean they are retarded ... I think it is condescending to think in this way ...

[icestorm]

Craptacular.

[Zachism]

This could be really helpful in schools all over the world, not just ones with less money.

[harrybro]

I'm really interested to hear your comments on this video, so please, comment away!