Comments on: VIDEO: Mary Lou Jepsen on One Laptop Per Child http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:18:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: nanohttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-148685 nano Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:12:02 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-148685 Hi Mary Lou , My family and I are Homeless U.S. citizens living in a mini motorhome. Can we get one of your little laptops? We live in total poverty up here in the North West, and we sure could use one of those wind up laptops. (our generator is not reliable - needs repair ). Please contact me at rtdnan@yahoo.com. Thanks, Nan Hi Mary Lou , My family and I are Homeless U.S. citizens living in a mini motorhome. Can we get one of your little laptops? We live in total poverty up here in the North West, and we sure could use one of those wind up laptops. (our generator is not reliable – needs repair ). Please contact me at rtdnan@yahoo.com. Thanks, Nan

]]> By: archworkhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-128558 archwork Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:03:21 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-128558 So let me get this straight...you want to sell a kid a $100 lab top that uses less power etc. in a underdeveloped country. hmmm does this seem strange to anyone? I was just in India last year and to see the slums and those without food was deplorable. They do not have food (though plenty of sunlight and heat.) You want to sell a KID a labtop for cheap when they can BARELY eat or have the technology for water etc. While I give my kudos to the Mary Lou Jepsen for ALL of her research and time. I ask the following: Why do WE not have these NON TOXIC laptops that have better screens? Are you trying to teach the young kids of 3rd world countries to use and DEPEND on technology so you can make them worker bees for the future?It is wonderful to see this happen...but WHAT about the basics of life?FOOD, WATER, SHELTER.peace So let me get this straight…you want to sell a kid a $100 lab top that uses less power etc. in a underdeveloped country. hmmm does this seem strange to anyone?
I was just in India last year and to see the slums and those without food was deplorable. They do not have food (though plenty of sunlight and heat.) You want to sell a KID a labtop for cheap when they can BARELY eat or have the technology for water etc.
While I give my kudos to the Mary Lou Jepsen for ALL of her research and time. I ask the following:
Why do WE not have these NON TOXIC laptops that have better screens?
Are you trying to teach the young kids of 3rd world countries to use and DEPEND on technology so you can make them worker bees for the future?

It is wonderful to see this happen…but WHAT about the basics of life?

FOOD, WATER, SHELTER.

peace

]]> By: ravindranathhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-79976 ravindranath Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:59:37 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-79976 Wonder how this can be made available to Indian rural children below INR 4000 to 5000 unless some NGO s takes the lead, buy in bulk and donate. Can any one suggest a better way of marketing the product in India with minimum profitability?.. Ravindranath Strategy45 Wonder how this can be made available to Indian rural children below INR 4000 to 5000 unless some NGO s takes the lead, buy in bulk and donate.
Can any one suggest a better way of marketing the product in India with minimum profitability?..
Ravindranath
Strategy45

]]> By: OLPC XO etc » Blog Archive » Un laptop vraiment Verthttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-78502 OLPC XO etc » Blog Archive » Un laptop vraiment Vert Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:11:13 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-78502 [...] plus de détails sur cette question, je vous invite à écouter le vidéo de la présentation de Mme Jensen (conceptrice du XO) à la conférence Greener [...] [...] plus de détails sur cette question, je vous invite à écouter le vidéo de la présentation de Mme Jensen (conceptrice du XO) à la conférence Greener [...]

]]> By: Construct ICT… | Delicious links for 2008-03-13http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-76962 Construct ICT… | Delicious links for 2008-03-13 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:06:07 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-76962 [...] Inhabitat » VIDEO: Mary Lou Jepsen on One Laptop Per Child [...] [...] Inhabitat » VIDEO: Mary Lou Jepsen on One Laptop Per Child [...]

]]> By:   links for 2008-03-12 by ITGS Onlinehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-76836   links for 2008-03-12 by ITGS Online Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:23:09 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-76836 [...] Inhabitat » VIDEO: Mary Lou Jepsen on One Laptop Per Child Fabulous not even small, and cheap the XO laptop is also designed to be green!!! (tags: xo olpc technology green laptop environment ITGS) [...] [...] Inhabitat » VIDEO: Mary Lou Jepsen on One Laptop Per Child Fabulous not even small, and cheap the XO laptop is also designed to be green!!! (tags: xo olpc technology green laptop environment ITGS) [...]

]]> By: Nickhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-74320 Nick Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:14:48 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-74320 very great but there must be better ways to charge it in india than animal exploitation.anyway i'd buy it. very great
but there must be better ways to charge it in india than animal exploitation.

anyway i’d buy it.

]]> By: jimbo92107http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-74234 jimbo92107 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:55:58 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-74234 When I am elected president, Mary Lou Jepsen will be my technology adviser.What about other candidates? When I am elected president, Mary Lou Jepsen will be my technology adviser.

What about other candidates?

]]> By: haineuxhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-73955 haineux Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:48:25 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-73955 http://www.laptop.org is the website of the One Laptop Per Child group. XO-1 is the official name of the laptop.Currently, the laptops are not for sale to individuals. There's a lot of reasons for this, but mainly, in my opinion, the company is just too small to handle individual sales, and they are more interested in supporting kids in disadvantaged countries (in mass groups) than technogeeks (one at a time). OLPC had a "Give One Get One" program in December of 2007, but that program is concluded. There are a few XOs on eBay, for a pretty reasonable price. (The G1G1 price was about $425, including shipping.)There are bunches of reviews of the XO, but let me offer a brief meta-review: many reviewers compared the XO to other laptops, and found it to be missing some software that laptop users are used to having. The first complaint is lack of compatibility with Microsoft products. (Microsoft has a group that is informally looking at how to run Windows on this machine. I say "informally" because there's no intention (yet) to either convert the XO to Windows, nor to sell Windows for the XO.)There's also no high-powered word processor or spreadsheet software (both are in development), no iTunes-like media player (not much room for media -- total storage is 1 GB of Flash), no Mail program (use web-based Mail readers). There's no DVD drive. There are games, including a very old version of DOOM, but you won't see any recent big sellers because there's just not enough horsepower. There is a web browser, and some compatibility with Flash media software, but it's not perfect.Reviews also found it to be slower and software less polished than other laptops. As a user, I'd agree, but OLPC is about to ship their first big update to the software, and it is fixing a lot of bugs and improving on power consumption.ON THE OTHER HAND, you can "review" the XO by giving it to a kid, say an eight-year-old, and watching them go. Kids LOVE it. They find the activities provided interesting, educational, and fun.In addition, in the disadvantaged countries, users love the XO because it contains a library full of books, video/audio chat, and a unique "mesh" networking strategy that lets a whole village stay connected without a lot of wires, and without a lot of extra network hardware.I love the XO, and would use it every day -- if I could just type on the keyboard... http://www.laptop.org is the website of the One Laptop Per Child group. XO-1 is the official name of the laptop.

Currently, the laptops are not for sale to individuals. There’s a lot of reasons for this, but mainly, in my opinion, the company is just too small to handle individual sales, and they are more interested in supporting kids in disadvantaged countries (in mass groups) than technogeeks (one at a time). OLPC had a “Give One Get One” program in December of 2007, but that program is concluded. There are a few XOs on eBay, for a pretty reasonable price. (The G1G1 price was about $425, including shipping.)

There are bunches of reviews of the XO, but let me offer a brief meta-review: many reviewers compared the XO to other laptops, and found it to be missing some software that laptop users are used to having. The first complaint is lack of compatibility with Microsoft products. (Microsoft has a group that is informally looking at how to run Windows on this machine. I say “informally” because there’s no intention (yet) to either convert the XO to Windows, nor to sell Windows for the XO.)

There’s also no high-powered word processor or spreadsheet software (both are in development), no iTunes-like media player (not much room for media — total storage is 1 GB of Flash), no Mail program (use web-based Mail readers). There’s no DVD drive. There are games, including a very old version of DOOM, but you won’t see any recent big sellers because there’s just not enough horsepower. There is a web browser, and some compatibility with Flash media software, but it’s not perfect.

Reviews also found it to be slower and software less polished than other laptops. As a user, I’d agree, but OLPC is about to ship their first big update to the software, and it is fixing a lot of bugs and improving on power consumption.

ON THE OTHER HAND, you can “review” the XO by giving it to a kid, say an eight-year-old, and watching them go. Kids LOVE it. They find the activities provided interesting, educational, and fun.

In addition, in the disadvantaged countries, users love the XO because it contains a library full of books, video/audio chat, and a unique “mesh” networking strategy that lets a whole village stay connected without a lot of wires, and without a lot of extra network hardware.

I love the XO, and would use it every day — if I could just type on the keyboard…

]]> By: Awed Jobhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-73953 Awed Job Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:27:01 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-73953 Very impressive. A more compelling argument could be made if the presentation were given using an XO laptop instead of the power-guzzling one that is used in this video. Very impressive. A more compelling argument could be made if the presentation were given using an XO laptop instead of the power-guzzling one that is used in this video.

]]> By: Avi Solomonhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-73856 Avi Solomon Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:09:12 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-73856 Full video is here: http://www.scribemedia.org/2008/02/20/greener-gadgets-jepsen/ Full video is here:
http://www.scribemedia.org/2008/02/20/greener-gadgets-jepsen/

]]> By: celia hoganhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-73559 celia hogan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:19:59 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-73559 how does one buy a laptop? how does one buy a laptop?

]]> By: paul urbanashttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-73539 paul urbanas Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:51:14 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-73539 Amazing what happens when our minds focus on helping people over profit potential. Let's see now, are there any other products that we manufacture and consume en masse that are overly hard on the environment.... hmmmmmm.... oh yeah! all of them. New paradigm? Amazing what happens when our minds focus on helping people over profit potential.
Let’s see now, are there any other products that we manufacture and consume en masse that are overly hard on the environment…. hmmmmmm…. oh yeah! all of them. New paradigm?

]]> By: oaklinghttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/comment-page-1/#comment-73220 oakling Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:04:17 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/20/mary-lou-jepsen-at-greener-gadgets/#comment-73220 That is SO awesome. Finally! I can't wait to research where these are available and what runs on them.... That is SO awesome. Finally! I can’t wait to research where these are available and what runs on them….

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