18 Oct
Uruguay Takes Huge Leap, Provides Every Primary School Student a Laptop
Posted by Denizhan as Tech in Education | 20 Comments
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Uruguay is taking a huge leap forward in the world and doing what many western countries aren’t, they have provided every student with a laptop.
Uruguay has been a supporter of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative since its start. The OLPC initiative builds small and cheap laptops that run Linux and sells them for $100 or less to governments or other entities.
Each laptop runs Linux and has Wi-Fi. The built in software provides location based social networking between OLPC’s and simple word processing as well as internet if you can find a connection.
Back in 2007, the first batch of Uruguay Students received a OLPC, and it looked like a success, now the Uruguay Government took the next step and provided a FREE laptop for every Student in its Primary School circuit. What’s even more amazing is that this entire project cost the Uruguay Government a mere 5% of its annual school budget. This is an extraordinary feat and we congratulate the Uruguay Government for taking this step.
Each laptop runs linux and has WiFi. The built in software provides location based social networking between OLPC’s and simple word processing as well as internet if you can find a connection.
11 Oct
Hitachi’s Face Recognition TVs turn off when you look away
Posted by Denizhan as Television | 4 Comments
Hitachi demoed a very basic face recognition system at CEATEC this week. The system is a normal TV, with a built-in webcam that runs face recognition technology similar to the ones Sony uses in its cybershot camera’s. The technology is able to detect where you are looking, and turns off the TV screen, when you look away from the TV. Click here to read the rest of this entry
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20 Oct
Apple Refreshes iMac’s: New Design/i5 and i7!
Posted by Denizhan as Apple | 40 Comments
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Looks kind of different right? Well after an impressive quarter of mac sales, Apple’s refreshes its all-in-one desktop monster has many new features. Firstly, the body has been made with Apple’s “Unibody” aluminum processing technology, thus making it thinner and stronger. Secondly, the glass screen cover covers the entire screen, it doesn’t just stop before metal, it goes all the way to the edge. The screen has been change from a 16:10 ratio to 16:9, thus making it better for movie watchers. This also means there are new screen sizes: Click here to read the rest of this entry