Fwd: [Olpc-open] OwNet
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Lipták mlip...@gmail.com Date: Nov 1, 2012 10:49 AM Subject: [Olpc-open] OwNet To: olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org Hi everyone, We are a group of students from the Slovak University of Technology. Last year we took part in an international competition called Imagine Cup. We created an application, called OwNet, that enables users with poor Internet connection browse the Web more effectively and even offline by providing a local proxy that intelligently caches and prefetches Web pages. It also contains some educational features, as it is intended for schools in Africa. OwNet is currently being deployed in Kenya, at schools in Nanyuki and Voi. Because of the rules of the Imagine Cup competition, our application is implemented using Microsoft technologies. However, this year we are going to reimplement it using cross-platform technologies so that it can also be used under Linux. Recently we came across the project OLPC. We find it very interesting and, if possible, we would like to contribute to the project. Could our application be somehow useful to OLPC? Possibly some parts could be integrated into the Sugar interface (e.g. intelligent caching, prefetching or educational features). Since we intend a full reimplementation, we could choose features based on your preference or suggestions. We would really appreciate your feedback, questions or ideas. You can also find more information about the project on our website: http://ownet.fiit.stuba.sk/?l=uk Thank you very much. Cheers, ___ Olpc-open mailing list olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Olpc-open] OwNet
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Lipták mlip...@gmail.com Date: Nov 1, 2012 10:49 AM Subject: [Olpc-open] OwNet To: olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org Hi everyone, We are a group of students from the Slovak University of Technology. Last year we took part in an international competition called Imagine Cup. We created an application, called OwNet, that enables users with poor Internet connection browse the Web more effectively and even offline by providing a local proxy that intelligently caches and prefetches Web pages. It also contains some educational features, as it is intended for schools in Africa. OwNet is currently being deployed in Kenya, at schools in Nanyuki and Voi. Because of the rules of the Imagine Cup competition, our application is implemented using Microsoft technologies. However, this year we are going to reimplement it using cross-platform technologies so that it can also be used under Linux. Recently we came across the project OLPC. We find it very interesting and, if possible, we would like to contribute to the project. Could our application be somehow useful to OLPC? Possibly some parts could be integrated into the Sugar interface (e.g. intelligent caching, prefetching or educational features). Since we intend a full reimplementation, we could choose features based on your preference or suggestions. We would really appreciate your feedback, questions or ideas. You can also find more information about the project on our website: http://ownet.fiit.stuba.sk/?l=uk Thank you very much. Cheers, ___ Olpc-open mailing list olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel Would seem the best place for them to intervene would be on the XS??? -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Call for participation - LD4D tutorial @ ISWC2012
Tutorial Linked Data for Development (LD4D) November 12, 2012 - International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), Boston. http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/tutorials http://worldwidesemanticweb.wordpress.com/events/ld4d-2012/ Linked Data have by-and-large been designed around centralized, powerful Web servers and the (mobile) clients accessing them. As a direct consequence of these design decisions, the usage of data-sharing technologies depends on the availability of a Web infrastructure comprised of data-centers, high-speed, reliable Internet connections, and modern client devices. Four-billion people currently have no access to such an infrastructure and are thus deprived of the benefits Linked (Open) Data provides. “Linked Data for Development” (LD4D) is a sub-topic of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D), referring to the specifics of using Linked Data principles in developing countries. In a few words, this tutorial is about the need for establishing such technology and the potential usages of it. Participants will learn more about the specific challenges of ICT4D and play around with some technologies being developed to tackle these challenges. Program overview -- 09:00 – 10:30 ICT4D: what is this about? 10:30 – 11:00 break 11:00 – 12:30 LD4D: how can Linked Data contribute to improving the life conditions? 12:30 – 14:00 lunch 14:00 – 15:30 Towards LD4D based systems 15:30 – 16:00 break 16:00 – 17:30 Hands on session Keynote speakers --- Walter Bender: Walter Bender is founder of Sugar Labs, a non-profit foundation. In 2006, Bender co-founded the One Laptop per Child, a non-profit association with Nicholas Negroponte and Seymour Papert. As director of the MIT Media Laboratory, Bender led a team of researchers in fields as varied as tangible media to affective computing to lifelong kindergarten. In 1992, Bender founded the MIT News in the Future consortium, which launched the era of digital news. Bernie Innocentie: Bernie Innocenti is a Linux software engineer and systems administrator who volunteers for OLPC since 2007. In 2009, Bernie co-founded Sugar Labs, a community-led project to promote world-wide access to free and open education through a constructionist computing environment for young learners. Since then, Bernie worked on-site with the engineering teams of several OLPC deployments to improve Sugar and the underlying Linux platform. -- Onderzoeker +31(0)6 14576494 christophe.gue...@dans.knaw.nl *Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)* DANS bevordert duurzame toegang tot digitale onderzoeksgegevens. Kijk op www.dans.knaw.nl voor meer informatie en contactgegevens. DANS is een instituut van KNAW en NWO. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
RE: [Sw-meetings] Call for participation - LD4D tutorial @ ISWC2012
Hi Christophe, Thanks for the tutorial program. It is now also published on: http://w4ra.few.vu.nl Regards, Anna From: sw-meetings-boun...@few.vu.nl [mailto:sw-meetings-boun...@few.vu.nl] On Behalf Of Christophe Guéret Sent: donderdag 1 november 2012 14:11 To: Liste SW; Liste SW-W3C; Liste LOD; OLPC France; OLPC Devel; Sugar Devel Subject: [Sw-meetings] Call for participation - LD4D tutorial @ ISWC2012 Tutorial Linked Data for Development (LD4D) November 12, 2012 - International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC), Boston. http://iswc2012.semanticweb.org/tutorials http://worldwidesemanticweb.wordpress.com/events/ld4d-2012/ Linked Data have by-and-large been designed around centralized, powerful Web servers and the (mobile) clients accessing them. As a direct consequence of these design decisions, the usage of data-sharing technologies depends on the availability of a Web infrastructure comprised of data-centers, high-speed, reliable Internet connections, and modern client devices. Four-billion people currently have no access to such an infrastructure and are thus deprived of the benefits Linked (Open) Data provides. “Linked Data for Development” (LD4D) is a sub-topic of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D), referring to the specifics of using Linked Data principles in developing countries. In a few words, this tutorial is about the need for establishing such technology and the potential usages of it. Participants will learn more about the specific challenges of ICT4D and play around with some technologies being developed to tackle these challenges. Program overview -- 09:00 – 10:30 ICT4D: what is this about? 10:30 – 11:00 break 11:00 – 12:30 LD4D: how can Linked Data contribute to improving the life conditions? 12:30 – 14:00 lunch 14:00 – 15:30 Towards LD4D based systems 15:30 – 16:00 break 16:00 – 17:30 Hands on session Keynote speakers --- Walter Bender: Walter Bender is founder of Sugar Labs, a non-profit foundation. In 2006, Bender co-founded the One Laptop per Child, a non-profit association with Nicholas Negroponte and Seymour Papert. As director of the MIT Media Laboratory, Bender led a team of researchers in fields as varied as tangible media to affective computing to lifelong kindergarten. In 1992, Bender founded the MIT News in the Future consortium, which launched the era of digital news. Bernie Innocentie: Bernie Innocenti is a Linux software engineer and systems administrator who volunteers for OLPC since 2007. In 2009, Bernie co-founded Sugar Labs, a community-led project to promote world-wide access to free and open education through a constructionist computing environment for young learners. Since then, Bernie worked on-site with the engineering teams of several OLPC deployments to improve Sugar and the underlying Linux platform. -- Onderzoeker +31(0)6 14576494 christophe.gue...@dans.knaw.nlmailto:christophe.gue...@dans.knaw.nl Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) DANS bevordert duurzame toegang tot digitale onderzoeksgegevens. Kijk op www.dans.knaw.nlhttp://www.dans.knaw.nl voor meer informatie en contactgegevens. DANS is een instituut van KNAW en NWO. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Server-devel] [Olpc-open] OwNet
Possibly Sugar Network? cjl On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Lipták mlip...@gmail.com Date: Nov 1, 2012 10:49 AM Subject: [Olpc-open] OwNet To: olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org Hi everyone, We are a group of students from the Slovak University of Technology. Last year we took part in an international competition called Imagine Cup. We created an application, called OwNet, that enables users with poor Internet connection browse the Web more effectively and even offline by providing a local proxy that intelligently caches and prefetches Web pages. It also contains some educational features, as it is intended for schools in Africa. OwNet is currently being deployed in Kenya, at schools in Nanyuki and Voi. Because of the rules of the Imagine Cup competition, our application is implemented using Microsoft technologies. However, this year we are going to reimplement it using cross-platform technologies so that it can also be used under Linux. Recently we came across the project OLPC. We find it very interesting and, if possible, we would like to contribute to the project. Could our application be somehow useful to OLPC? Possibly some parts could be integrated into the Sugar interface (e.g. intelligent caching, prefetching or educational features). Since we intend a full reimplementation, we could choose features based on your preference or suggestions. We would really appreciate your feedback, questions or ideas. You can also find more information about the project on our website: http://ownet.fiit.stuba.sk/?l=uk Thank you very much. Cheers, ___ Olpc-open mailing list olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel Would seem the best place for them to intervene would be on the XS??? -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Server-devel mailing list server-de...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
