Welcome to World University
which anyone can edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, Degree-Granting, Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
Hardware Resource Possibilities
- World University and School is for the developing world, and everyone, starting with One Laptop Per Child countries
- Add open, free, or very low cost, hardware possibilities here
- World University and School is looking for video capable mobile devices, with which people can post and watch video.
Hardware | Web site | Organization | Other info |
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The Frankencamera: An Experimental Platform for
Computational Photography |
http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/fcam/ | Stanford | The Frankencamera consists of a base hardware specification, a software stack based on Linux, and an API for C++. Our architecture permits control and synchronization of the sensor and image processing pipeline at the microsecond time scale, as well as the ability to incorporate and synchronize external hardware like lenses and flashes. |
High Internet Bandwidth, Video-capable, Handheld computer | URL | With high bandwidth capability for handheld video streaming in 'OLPC' countries - Rwanda, Ethiopia, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, USA (Birmingham, Alabama), Uruguay, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Cambodia, & Papua New Guinea, in parallel with OLPC | |
India's $35 tablet computer | http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jK-xNItHUfhfEVUEP_BvLbXmDlrwD9H4MP680 | India Develops World’s Cheapest Tablet: http://mashable.com/2010/07/23/india-cheapest-laptop/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29 | |
Lab equipment | http://www.seedinglabs.org/ | Seeding Labs | Reclaims and refurbishes laboratory equipment from universities, hospitals and biotechnology companies in order to equip talented scientists and clinicians living and working in the developing world - founded in 2002 by graduate students at Harvard Medical School to address this lack of infrastructure |
One Laptop per Child / XO computer | http://laptop.org/en/ | One Laptop per Child | Buy one / give one program |
One Laptop per Child $20 dollar Laptops in Bits and Pieces | http://blog.laptop.org/2010/07/23/20-dollar-laptops/ | One Laptop per Child | |
Open source hardware | http://www.buglabs.net/ | Bug Labs | Make your own hardware |
Sakshat $20 laptop computer | http://www.sakshat.ac.in/ | India's $20 laptop | |
Siftables | http://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html | David Merrill | MIT-originating, interactive, computer building blocks, cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too |
View-Master 2009: Make your own virtual reality goggles | http://recombu.com/news/view-master-2009-make-your-own-virtual-reality-goggles_M11150.html | Virtual Reality Goggles | |
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Open Source Hardware References
Hardware | Web site | Organization | Other info |
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MAKE's Open source hardware 2009 - The definitive guide to open source hardware projects in 2009 | http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/open_source_hardware_2009_-_the_def.html | MAKE's yearly open source hardware guide is now online with over 125 projects in 19 categories | |
WUaS Idea- and Academic Resources
Ideas
WUaS recycled computers, and smartphones, for the emerging world, sending them to potential WUaS students around the world
WUaS internet service for the emerging world targeting World University and School communities
Publish my article in a WUaS academic journal in this subject
Open Journal Systems. 2012. Open Journal Systems. Public Knowledge Project.
Select Bibliographies
Select Blogs
Select Book Groups, Study Groups, Musical Groups, etc.
Begin a Google + Hangout: https://plus.google.com/u/0/108179352492243955816/posts
Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/
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Select Humor
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(See also editable World University and School's Library Resources' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Library_Resources).
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(See also editable World University and School's Museums' page: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Museums).
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hypnosec. 2012. Georgie: Smartphone For the Blind and Visually Impaired. July 15. hardware.slashdot.org
Martin, Rick. 2011. India’s $35 Android Tablet Finally Ready Ship. June 17. penn-olson.com
Negroponte, Nicholas. 2010. Nicholas Negroponte Welcomes India's $35 Tablet for Education. Cambridge, MA: OLPC//News.
Ostrow, Adam. 2011. Amazon Will Now Pay You For Your Old Electronics. May 18. mashable.com.
samzenpus. 2011. India Launches $35 Tablet. October 05. tech.slashdot.org.
Singh, Seema. 2012. What went wrong with the Aakash Tablet. June 27. moneycontrol.com
Snider, Mike and Roger Yu. 2011. Cheap broadband, PCs aimed at low-income families. November 11. USA Today.
YokimaSun. 2012. The $45 Windows Laptop. June 18. tech.slashdot.org.
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Select Video and Audio
Vota, Wayan. 2010. XO-1 Laptop Repair and Rebuilding Workshop Video. November 4. Cambridge, MA: OLPC//News
Wachsmuth, Friedemann. 2011. Lego Super-8 Video Projector. May 22. (fascinating (and useful) Super-8 video camera from what appears to be common parts Lego Technic parts). idle.slashdot.org
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World University and School Links
Assistive Technologies: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Assistive_Technologies
Educational Software: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Educational_Software
Hardware Resource Possibilities: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Hardware_Resource_Possibilities
Media Lab at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Media_Lab_at_World_University_and_School One Laptop per Child - XO Laptop: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child_-_XO_Laptop_-_$100_Laptop_-_MIT
One Laptop per Child - XO Laptop: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child_-_XO_Laptop_-_$100_Laptop_-_MIT
WUaS Universal Translator: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator
Academic Advising at WUaS
Academic Press at World University and School
Academic Books at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Books_at_WUaS
Academic Journals at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Journals_at_WUaS
Academic Press at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Academic_Press_at_World_University_and_School
Access to Live, or Email, University Technical Expertise
Ask a question in a specific discipline, or find, for example, a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely.
Contacts for this page
Additional Categories
Admissions at World University and School
Admissions' Department: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
Blog for World University and School
http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at World University and School
Bookstore / Computer Store (New & Used) at WUaS: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Bookstore_/_Computer_Store_%28New_%26_Used%29_at_WUaS
with educational electronics, as well; with musical instruments; value pricing ... 2% below market, consistently; available via mail and electronically;
Calendar (Schedule what you'd like to teach)
Join the World University and School Google + Group to add to its wiki-like calendar to teach an open, free class or course, converse about ideas, and jam (e.g. musically or theater improvisation): https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/ .
Careers
Career counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Career_counseling
Finding / creating a job you really love: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Finding_/_creating_a_job_you_really_love
WUaS Job hunting: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Job_hunting
Counseling
Counseling: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counseling
Credits
Many thanks to each of you!
Please feel free to hyperlink your name to a location of your choice (or tell WUaS where to link to - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com). Please do not hesitate to let WUaS know if you think that somebody (including yourself) has been forgotten, now or in the future; please include a URL, which is, of course, one main way identity created on the internet.
Digital To Do
Android
Brainwave device / Headset
Broadcast to radio frequency
Broadcast to TV
Create EMail group for page
Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)
MIT OCW Mirror Site Instructions: http://ocw.mit.edu/about/mirror-site-program/mirror-site-instructions/
Print
Publish to DVD
Recommend
Send to phone
Tablets
Translate
Videophone
Free Degrees / Credit
Admissions at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Admissions_at_World_University_and_School
Conference Method of Teaching and Learning: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Conference_Method_of_Teaching_and_Learning
The College at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School
Ph.D. Degrees at World University and School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School
World University Law School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Law_School
World University Medical School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Medical_School
World University Music School: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University_Music_School
WUaS International Baccalaureate Diploma and Programme: http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_International_Baccalaureate_Diploma_and_Programme (probably in United Nations' languages only - Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian, Spanish)
In Virtual World
- Coordinates in virtual worlds
- Add a learning-oriented virtual world here.
Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU). 2012. http://www.activeworlds.com/edu/
Alice. 2012. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice Minecraft. 2012. www.minecraft.net
Google Earth. http://www.google.com/earth/index.html
Google Maps | Street View. http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/
OpenSim. 2012. http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page (http://www.scribd.com/doc/57959626/OpenSimulator-School-Quick-Start-Guide)
Open Croquet. 2012. http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OpenCroquet
Open Wonderland. 2012. http://openwonderland.org/
Quest Atlantis. 2012. http://questatlantis.org/ and http://atlantisremixed.org/ (http://questatlantisblog.org/ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZoT3pilNPI).
ScienceSim. 2012. http://www.sciencesim.com/wiki/doku.php . Research, teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.
Second Life - Harvard's virtual island. 2012. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 - and teach, learn and share ideas - in group voice chat, or in group type chat, and via building.
Unity3D. 2012. unity3d.com/
- Travel to this virtual island to learn virtual world building ...
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Facebook.com's World University and School - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48753608141 (this group may be archived).
Google + - worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com (Scott MacLeod) - https://plus.google.com/115890623333932577910/
Google Profiles World University and School - https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108179352492243955816/108179352492243955816/posts
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Yahoo Groups' World University and School: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/worlduniversityandschool/
RSS Feed
Tutoring
TV-Live Broadcasting
Broadcast to television
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software to the web:
Livestream TV - http://www.livestream.com
Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv
Ustream TV - http://ustream.tv
Video Communication
Teach and learn using free TV-Live Broadcasting software
Apple iChat - http://www.apple.com/support/ichat/
Google Video Chat - https://www.google.com/chat/video/
G+ Video Hangout - http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/res/talkvideo/hangouts/
Skype - http://www.skype.com/
Universal Translator at WUaS
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/WUaS_Universal_Translator
Wiki Software for Courses
Media Wiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
PB Works - http://pbworks.com/
Wet Paint - http://wikisineducation.wetpaint.com/
Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/Wikia
Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/
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World University & School is a community of learners and teachers who value — and are themselves strengthened by — the rich diversity of its participants. In order to cultivate a flourishing teaching, learning and creating conversation in a diverse and complex world, WUaS welcomes all languages, students, families, faculty, board members, and staff with differences based on (but not limited to) race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family structure, and economic background.
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