"We will literally take [OLPC] tablets and drop them out of helicopters...When I say I drop out of the helicopters, I mean it...it's like a Coke bottle falling out of the sky..." -- Nicholas Negroponte at Open Mobile Summit pc mag article - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395763,00.asp olpc news commentary - http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/xo_helicopter_deployments_nich.htm... video of talk - http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2011/06/social-innovation-summit-2011... (comments are at 1 hr mark)
Another write-up: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/11/the-sods-must-be-crazy-olpc-to-d... And of course, tons of comments... my favourites: "Imagine the smiles on the children's faces when they find out instead of something boring like food or a Malaria vaccine it's a slow-ass Linux tablet. The whyPad." "Just hope no one ever tries something like this in an area where toy-shaped land-mines or cluster bombs have been deployed. Pick the right pretty shiny, you get a nifty tool/tool. Pick the wrong one, you lose your arm." "Here is another variation: select some blue collar areas in the first world countries, drop these same tablets there, loaded with books about astrophysics, quantum mechanics, biology and nanotech. Come back a year later and see if there is any PHD emerges spontaneously." -- Rahul On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa@gmail.com> wrote:
"We will literally take [OLPC] tablets and drop them out of helicopters...When I say I drop out of the helicopters, I mean it...it's like a Coke bottle falling out of the sky..." -- Nicholas Negroponte at Open Mobile Summit
pc mag article - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395763,00.asp
olpc news commentary - http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/xo_helicopter_deployments_nich.htm...
video of talk - http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2011/06/social-innovation-summit-2011... (comments are at 1 hr mark) _______________________________________________ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
Am I the only one who thinks of "WKRP in Cincinnati" when it comes to dropping free things out of helicopters? At least Nicholas didn't say "it's like turkeys falling out of the sky..." --Tom On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Rahul Banerjee <banerjee@cs.washington.edu>wrote:
Another write-up:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/11/the-sods-must-be-crazy-olpc-to-d...
And of course, tons of comments... my favourites: "Imagine the smiles on the children's faces when they find out instead of something boring like food or a Malaria vaccine it's a slow-ass Linux tablet. The whyPad." "Just hope no one ever tries something like this in an area where toy-shaped land-mines or cluster bombs have been deployed. Pick the right pretty shiny, you get a nifty tool/tool. Pick the wrong one, you lose your arm." "Here is another variation: select some blue collar areas in the first world countries, drop these same tablets there, loaded with books about astrophysics, quantum mechanics, biology and nanotech. Come back a year later and see if there is any PHD emerges spontaneously."
-- Rahul
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa@gmail.com> wrote:
"We will literally take [OLPC] tablets and drop them out of helicopters...When I say I drop out of the helicopters, I mean it...it's like a Coke bottle falling out of the sky..." -- Nicholas Negroponte at Open Mobile Summit
pc mag article - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395763,00.asp
olpc news commentary -
http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/xo_helicopter_deployments_nich.htm...
video of talk -
http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2011/06/social-innovation-summit-2011...
(comments are at 1 hr mark) _______________________________________________ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
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Dear Change members, I've been wanting to get to one of your afternoon lunch sessions but I haven't been able to carve out the time. I'm currently an MCDM student in deferment with a strong (photo) journalism print background having worked for many global news magazines/organizations. I've been following the CHANGE emails over the last month and wondering if any of you would have a need--or know of a need--for my skills in Nairobi, Kenya, where I'm traveling the next three weeks. During this time I'll be on assignment photographing a Seattle medical NGO Nov. 5-21 while his team provides primary care for Somali refugees and the needy. I thought given your interests in the developing world there might be an opportunity to collaborate? I may be able to provide coverage--using words, pictures and video--of projects/topics you're currently researching? Much of my career has been spent in the third world. If any of you have any needs or ideas--contacts or topics--do let me know. I'd be happy to partner. You can get a full idea of my skills below. Thank you. Best, Steve S T E V E S H E L T O N / PHOTOJOURNALIST Seattle: 206.817.7924 (c) "Telling Visual Stories with Impact and Social Conscience" Steve Shelton Images, LLC www.stevesheltonimages.com www.becurrent.org | L i n k e d I n | On Nov 3, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Yaw Anokwa wrote:
"We will literally take [OLPC] tablets and drop them out of helicopters...When I say I drop out of the helicopters, I mean it...it's like a Coke bottle falling out of the sky..." -- Nicholas Negroponte at Open Mobile Summit
pc mag article - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395763,00.asp
olpc news commentary - http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/xo_helicopter_deployments_nich.htm...
video of talk - http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2011/06/social-innovation-summit-2011... (comments are at 1 hr mark) _______________________________________________ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
participants (4)
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Rahul Banerjee
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Steve Shelton
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Thomas Sommerville Jr.
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Yaw Anokwa