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An evening at One Laptop per Child

Date and Time

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Location

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
This is about 1 block from MIT building E-51 right across from the Kendall T station. If you walk from MIT E-51 take either Hayward St or Wadsworth st. One Cambridge Center is the building in then triangle between Broadway and Main St. Across from Au Bon Pain

Summary

A discussion about the goals and technology of the OLPC program

Abstract

One Laptop per Child; OLPC, 10th Floor; 1 Cambridge Center; Cambridge, MA, 02142 This is about 1 block from MIT building E-51 right across from the Kendall T station. If you walk from MIT E-51 take either Hayward St or Wadsworth st. One Cambridge Center is the building in then triangle between Broadway and Main St. Across from Au Bon Pain We are meeting at the headquarters of One Laptop per Child where the folks from OLPC will talk to us about OLPC as well as its use of Linux as the underlying OS, and Sugar, the user interface portion of the XO. There will be some XO laptops available for a hands-on demonstration.

Attachments

  1. One Laptop Per Child home page

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