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Old 10-18-2010, 12:20 AM   #7
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Interesting article.
Sending laptops to villages without electricity has me a bit stymied (first part of interview) maybe solar powered?
The XO (OLPC's system) was originally supposed to have a crank attached to the case to power an internal generator. This wasn't found to be rugged enough, and they switched to a foot petal. At least that's what I remember. Looking through the specs on their website I don't see any mention of an external power generator. So, I'm not sure what they're supposed to do with it after the battery runs down.
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