OLPC XO

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Nicholas Negroponte

  • Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek-American architect best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lap, and also known as the founder of the One Laptop Per Child Association (OLPC).
  • He studied at MIT as both an undergraduate and graduate student in Architecture where his research focused on issues of computer-aided design. He earned a Master's degree in architecture from MIT in 1966.
  • In 1992, Negroponte became involved in the creation of Wired Magazine as the first investor. From 1993 to 1998, he contributed a monthly column to the magazine in which he reiterated a basic theme: "Move bits, not atoms."
  • Negroponte stepped down as lab chairman to focus more fully on his work with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) although he retains his appointment as professor at MIT.

Walter Bender

  • Walter Bender is technologist and researcher who has made important contributions in the field of electronic publishing, media, and technology for learning.
  • More recently, Bender served as president of One Laptop Per Child for Software and Content where he coordinated the development of software and content including the Sugar interface for the XO-1 Children's Machine computer.
  • Walter Bender earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University in 1977 and a Master of Science degree from MIT in 1980

Flip Sticks

How To Make It Dance
  • First you can move the body however you want like you press the dots from each part of the body to make it move.
  • Then you press the first circle so that the figure goes there.
  • After that you take a picture of your figure and it goes to the first circle.
  • After that fill all the circle with different moves.
  • Finally you press play and it starts playing all the figures that you did like it's dancing.