OLPC and Making Miles for Millennium

Making Miles for Millennium

Gertie Clabbers and Harrie Vollaard24 May – 1 December 2008

Agenda

1. Our mission2. Trends3. Competitors4. Filosophy of One Laptop Per Child5. What is it?6. Timeline7. Implementation8. How to proceed?

The Millennium goals

LAPTOP PER CHILD

Education and OLPC

Supplies and prior conditions which are

neccesary for good education. It focuses on how modern tools can be integrated in a

school system in a cheap but sustainable way.It is not a laptop project but an educational

project

OLPC and our route

Goal of our trip

“Enlarge childrens chances of getting an equal chance in life”

Our contribution

• Public Relations: We create publicity for OLPC.

• Operational: We help at project level.

• Tactical: We deliver consultancy at the projects.

• Finance: We generate funds for the local projects.

2. Trends

• Smaller• Quicker• Collaboration• Always online• Mobility

Ultra Mobile PC’s

3. Competitors

Intel with a $280 laptop

and ASUS with a $400 laptop...

he has a dream...

4. Filosophy of One Laptop Per Child

It’s an educational project, not a laptop project

OLPC

• Non-profit organization• Founded by Nicholas Negroponte, cofounder

of the MIT• Design the OLPC, find sponsors and deals with

the government

5 What is it?

Cheap

• Large volume• No sales and marketing force• Display energy consumption• Direct distribution• Standardized • Low cost architecture• Linux and Open source software• Optimized software• Power management (about 10% of typical laptop)

Sustainable

• The laptop lifetime is 5 years or 2.5 times longer than a typical laptop

• Half the size and weight of a typical laptop• Goal: not a single XO laptop should end up in

a landfill

Some specifications…

• 7.5 inch diagonal screen at 1200x900 (200 dpi)• 800x600 in grayscale– Sunlight readable!

• Wi-fi, USB(x3), mic, speakers, camera, SD• Screen rotates to tablet mode• Water and dirt resistant keyboard– walk in the rain with it!

5 Timeline

6. Implementation

• Peru (200.000)• Uruguay (100.000)• Mongolia (20.000)• India• Mexico (50.000)• Filipines, Nigeria, Ethopia and many others

7. Implementation

Challenges

• Infrastructure– Power– Connectivity

• Political uncertainty• Physical environment• Effective distribution• OLPC• Cost

… about the price…

• One Laptop Per Nigerian child would be 73% of the entire governmental income and One Laptop Per Argentinean child would be half of the non-salary education budget. Countries like Rwanda or Nepal have no hope to afford even $100 per child out of their own national budgets.

(2006 figures)

…and about the (real) costs….

• Laptop cost • Training• Software maintenance• Hardware maintenance• Internet connection – satellite, mobile...

• Estimated about 978$ - 5years (2006 figures)

…the (2007) business model..

• G1 G1 Program Why not G1- G100/1000?

• Budget for development

• Non-profits means that profits may not be distributed to investors, so a non-profit doesn't have shareholders

…what else?..

• All children who get an XO will need training!

• Content• Training of teachers

8. How to proceed?

• Piloting in different countries• Sugar independend of device• Improved interface• Improved distribution• Lower cost (75 $ in 2010)• Framework for implementation– Training, content etc.

Goal of our trip

“Enlarge childrens chances of getting an equal chance in life”

Thanks to

• Jim Gettys• Karin Dalziel• Didier Donsez• Ian Howard