XO Laptop Initiative
One Laptop Per Child
Approximately twenty years ago there was a major buzz across the country called “Digital Divide”. Digital Divide refers to the gap between those who benefit from digital technology and those who do not.
The poor were ignored because market forces assume that designing solutions for them would not be profitable. The results are that even where the poor are provided access to digital technology, it was low quality and merely localized versions of products and services intended for the rich. Although it may have been low quality they still had some form of technology.
Much like the Digital Divide’s approach the XO Laptop Initiative does have some very promising goal oriented results. From my perspective many of the world’s poorest and economically challenged countries have continued to perpetuate the same life style by hoarding their country’s wealth and not taking a reasonable approach to provide better living conditions for the mass especially the children. Providing children with access to computers will create a tremendous growth of knowledge with possibilities to change their country’s conditions.
While providing computers and internet access can definitely spur unlimited possibilities, one must also understand the value of remedying their hunger and health issues. How can one learn when hunger thrives? By not addressing the hunger and devastating health issues will only exacerbate their impoverish conditions. The real success can come to fruition only when the world hunger and health-care agencies partner with XO Laptop. It is this partnership that will vastly improve the speed of their success.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
XO Laptop Initiative One Laptop Per Child
XO Laptop Initiative
One Laptop Per Child
Approximately twenty years ago there was a major buzz across the country called “Digital Divide”. Digital Divide refers to the gap between those who benefit from digital technology and those who do not.
The poor were ignored because market forces assume that designing solutions for them would not be profitable. The results are that even where the poor are provided access to digital technology, it was low quality and merely localized versions of products and services intended for the rich. Although it may have been low quality they still had some form of technology.
Much like the Digital Divide’s approach the XO Laptop Initiative does have some very promising goal oriented results. From my perspective many of the world’s poorest and economically challenged countries have continued to perpetuate the same life style by hoarding their country’s wealth and not taking a reasonable approach to provide better living conditions for the mass especially the children. Providing children with access to computers will create a tremendous growth of knowledge with possibilities to change their country’s conditions.
While providing computers and internet access can definitely spur unlimited possibilities, one must also understand the value of remedying their hunger and health issues. How can one learn when hunger thrives? By not addressing the hunger and devastating health issues will only exacerbate their impoverish conditions. The real success can come to fruition only when the world hunger and health-care agencies partner with XO Laptop. It is this partnership that will vastly improve the speed of their success.
One Laptop Per Child
Approximately twenty years ago there was a major buzz across the country called “Digital Divide”. Digital Divide refers to the gap between those who benefit from digital technology and those who do not.
The poor were ignored because market forces assume that designing solutions for them would not be profitable. The results are that even where the poor are provided access to digital technology, it was low quality and merely localized versions of products and services intended for the rich. Although it may have been low quality they still had some form of technology.
Much like the Digital Divide’s approach the XO Laptop Initiative does have some very promising goal oriented results. From my perspective many of the world’s poorest and economically challenged countries have continued to perpetuate the same life style by hoarding their country’s wealth and not taking a reasonable approach to provide better living conditions for the mass especially the children. Providing children with access to computers will create a tremendous growth of knowledge with possibilities to change their country’s conditions.
While providing computers and internet access can definitely spur unlimited possibilities, one must also understand the value of remedying their hunger and health issues. How can one learn when hunger thrives? By not addressing the hunger and devastating health issues will only exacerbate their impoverish conditions. The real success can come to fruition only when the world hunger and health-care agencies partner with XO Laptop. It is this partnership that will vastly improve the speed of their success.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Broadband in the Home
Broadband in the Home
I have chose Broadband in the Home because I believe that its ability to offer faster speeds and content delivery have not been fully explored. I would like to present the project in the traditional written paper report format. My reason for selecting to prepare my project in this format is because it will enable me to broaden my writing skills and ability.
Technology is on the most rapid changing path than every before. From computers to phones and other devices that enable society to communicate, the pace in which technology is changing in unimaginable. There was a time you could purchase a device and had the feeling you were among those that had the latest technology. However with the advent of the internet and other communication portals, one can not really know at what point your device is current. Take for instance your home. Many home owners try to equip their home with technology such as a voice over internet phone application, a standard digital TV, other electronics to include a music system and a computer.
Many service providers are bundling product and applying other technology factor like interconnection, convergence or media interface. Each word brings about a methodology to link all your devices for ease of use. More importantly is whether or not your service provider has the best medium to enable your devices to achieve its best results. If your home has the traditional cooper wiring does that mean you can obtain the best apparatus to engage your phone device. Your television may be from a well know product manufacture but will it achieve the best picture quality available? How can one know that the speed in which your computer will process information and whether it will meet your expectations? To address the growing need to better understand technical requirements for your home or avoid a conundrum faced with explaining to a friend or associate that is squeamish about the sound quality of your music device or his/ her exacerbating over waiting to see the pictures that were sent via an e-mail. The paper will explore the various applications of broadband to the home provided by the Telephone, Cable, Electric and Satellite industries. It will provide a clear understanding of each industry’s broadband application and the benefit and cost implications imposed on the end user or perspective subscriber. The paper will explain each service provider’s network design to include AT&T’s IPTV and U-Verse application. It will discuss Verizon’s acclaim of having the most robust fiber to the home network. It will further explore the Cable industry’s first to tout its broadband pipe as the most dynamic known. There will be information relative to the Electric service provider explanation of its future deployment known as BPL (broadband over power lines). The paper will also provide a network and product comparison of the Satellite provider’s approach to delivering a broadband system and explain how a terrestrial base service provider can deliver a true broadband application to the home?
As the paper focus on the delivery of broadband to the home by the various mediums, additional information will be included to provide an understanding of how convergence, interconnection and media interface plays a vital role in the changing landscape of all the aforementioned industries. While convergence is a coming together of two or more distinct entities, the paper will also explain how it factors into the broadband design application. In view of the interconnection factor on broadband, it will show how the link between power systems enabling them to draw on one another’s reserves also plays a vital role. Even though the interconnection network plays a central role in determining the overall performance of a multicomputer system the paper will expound on its design alignment as well.
The objective will be to leave the reader with a better understanding of the various industries’ broadband to the home applications. While the paper will not suggest or recommend a particular industry over the other, it will certainly be a tool to better informed the average consumer.
I have chose Broadband in the Home because I believe that its ability to offer faster speeds and content delivery have not been fully explored. I would like to present the project in the traditional written paper report format. My reason for selecting to prepare my project in this format is because it will enable me to broaden my writing skills and ability.
Technology is on the most rapid changing path than every before. From computers to phones and other devices that enable society to communicate, the pace in which technology is changing in unimaginable. There was a time you could purchase a device and had the feeling you were among those that had the latest technology. However with the advent of the internet and other communication portals, one can not really know at what point your device is current. Take for instance your home. Many home owners try to equip their home with technology such as a voice over internet phone application, a standard digital TV, other electronics to include a music system and a computer.
Many service providers are bundling product and applying other technology factor like interconnection, convergence or media interface. Each word brings about a methodology to link all your devices for ease of use. More importantly is whether or not your service provider has the best medium to enable your devices to achieve its best results. If your home has the traditional cooper wiring does that mean you can obtain the best apparatus to engage your phone device. Your television may be from a well know product manufacture but will it achieve the best picture quality available? How can one know that the speed in which your computer will process information and whether it will meet your expectations? To address the growing need to better understand technical requirements for your home or avoid a conundrum faced with explaining to a friend or associate that is squeamish about the sound quality of your music device or his/ her exacerbating over waiting to see the pictures that were sent via an e-mail. The paper will explore the various applications of broadband to the home provided by the Telephone, Cable, Electric and Satellite industries. It will provide a clear understanding of each industry’s broadband application and the benefit and cost implications imposed on the end user or perspective subscriber. The paper will explain each service provider’s network design to include AT&T’s IPTV and U-Verse application. It will discuss Verizon’s acclaim of having the most robust fiber to the home network. It will further explore the Cable industry’s first to tout its broadband pipe as the most dynamic known. There will be information relative to the Electric service provider explanation of its future deployment known as BPL (broadband over power lines). The paper will also provide a network and product comparison of the Satellite provider’s approach to delivering a broadband system and explain how a terrestrial base service provider can deliver a true broadband application to the home?
As the paper focus on the delivery of broadband to the home by the various mediums, additional information will be included to provide an understanding of how convergence, interconnection and media interface plays a vital role in the changing landscape of all the aforementioned industries. While convergence is a coming together of two or more distinct entities, the paper will also explain how it factors into the broadband design application. In view of the interconnection factor on broadband, it will show how the link between power systems enabling them to draw on one another’s reserves also plays a vital role. Even though the interconnection network plays a central role in determining the overall performance of a multicomputer system the paper will expound on its design alignment as well.
The objective will be to leave the reader with a better understanding of the various industries’ broadband to the home applications. While the paper will not suggest or recommend a particular industry over the other, it will certainly be a tool to better informed the average consumer.
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