Hardware Resource Possibilities

AphiloWorldUniversitySchool5Sep07 — World University and School {in a virtual world}

Welcome to World University
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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
The Frankencamera: An Experimental Platform for Computational Photography	http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/fcam/	Stanford	Although there has been much interest in computational photography within the research and photography communities, progress has been hampered by the lack of a portable, programmable camera with sufficient image quality and computing power. To address this problem, we have designed and implemented an open architecture and API for such cameras: the Frankencamera. It 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 Stan Schroeder India Develops World’s Cheapest Tablet
India's $35 tablet computer	http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jK-xNItHUfhfEVUEP_BvLbXmDlrwD9H4MP680	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
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

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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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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.

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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

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 Navigation

Access to Live, or Email, University Technical Expertise

e.g. find a Robotics' or Computer programmer, or Translator, easily and freely ...

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): http://groups.google.com/group/World-University-and-School.

Careers

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

Digital To Do

Android

Broadcast to radio frequency

Create EMail group for page

Digital Text to Audio file format (Browse Aloud / Read Aloud?)

Print

Recommend

Send to phone

Translate

Videophone

Free Degrees / Credit

In Google Earth

Google Earth.

In Virtual World

Second Life, or other virtual world or space, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for classes? Check out Harvard's virtual island in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/115/53/25 and teach, learn and share ideas - in voice or in type chat.

Travel to this virtual island to learn building in Second Life: