Collins,
We need Android devices,with good apps/learning games for children.
We also need to make sure we get the latest in battery saving processor technology. Some good Intel stuff is being announced in a few weeks time.
Let us avoid getting the "old" rejected stuff being dumped in Africa.
On May 21, 2013 7:19 PM, "Areba Collins [ @BrainiacKE ® ]" <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:I think the original OLPC laptop solves all these problem. Remember the radios at some point that had a charging thing where you have a lever that you turn around and after several revolutions you have enough charge to listen to radio for hours? that would IMHO be a way of dealing both with electrical shortages and child obesity..
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:55 PM, steve mutuvi <stevemutuvi@gmail.com> wrote:The challenge of power may be easier to overcome with time. Most of the people in the remote areas are privileged to have "electronic devices" (phones) and they have always found a way of keeping them charged.The main challenge lies in relevance and adequacy of the digital content to be loaded in the laptops.
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Amos Ochieng <ochiengamos@gmail.com> wrote:
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/stevemutuvi%40gmail.comWhichever the device (laptop or kindle), I think the government should have targeted this to the schools not individual students. A modern computer lab per school is more manageable than one laptop/kindle per childOn Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Agosta Liko <agostal@gmail.com> wrote:
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/ochiengamos%40gmail.comJust give the kids the devices ...am sure they will find a way to charge them, hack them, use them
remember - most of their parents have cell phonesOn Sun, May 19, 2013 at 9:44 AM, S.M. Muraya <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/agostal%40gmail.comWe may start by importing but Kenya has to produce 1 million solar chargers per year...
As school projects (including colleges) and commercially.
http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/how-to-build-a-diy-solar-laptop-charger.htm
Materials can be ordered in bulk by some government department for schools and colleges.
In fact, are many minerals used to create electronic components not available in the region (eg. DRC)?
On May 19, 2013 1:53 AM, "Brian Ngure" <brian@pixie.co.ke> wrote:Question: how would this help students whose nearest power source is 30 km or more away? Or are you only thinking of students in urban areas?
I think it should not be one or the other, but a mixture of both depending on certain factors, e.g power availability, etc. What say you?
On May 19, 2013 1:14 AM, "Grace Githaiga" <ggithaiga@hotmail.com> wrote:Retailing for about Sh4,200 a piece, the Kindle 4 e-reader can carry thousands of books, lasts up to two weeks on a single charge and is relatively easy to use. The 2G/3G model costs Sh10,900.
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