[Edu-sig] OLPC vs. CP4E

[kirby urner]

More remarks in my blog along these lines (with hyperlinks):

http://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2007/01/cp4e-versus-olpc.html

Kirby


On 1/19/07, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:
> To further clarify the difference between OLPC and CP4E, I think
> the latter is much more willing to focus on living *in* your computing
> environment, such that the screens and speakers are integral within
> a media center that *is* also your house, and it's not like we don't
> eat, sleep and so on here as well.  The Garden of Eden dome is
> currently a pillowdome with Tefzel pillows (J. Baldwin), with the
> freestanding structures in a garden or permaculture green house.
> I realize that's not what every one would want, but that's sort of the
> base object or template (the class).  You can subclass from there
> to get most of our other options.  In other words, instead of a DynaBook,
> we're into a DynaDome, have been for decades (check the literature).
>
> Kirby
>