RE: [DDN] More info on the MIT/Quanta laptop partnership

2005-12-15 Thread Cindy Lemcke-Hoong
With dedication to technological innovation and education, Chairman Barry Lam launched a new US $200 million RD center, Quanta RD Complex (QRDC), in Taiwan. The facility, which opened in Q3 of 2005, has 2.2 million square feet of floor space, and the capacity to house up to 7,000

Re: [DDN] More info on the MIT/Quanta laptop partnership

2005-12-15 Thread Andy Carvin
Quanta was discussed as a vendor for months; people were talking about it when Negroponte spoke at the MIT emerging technology conference in September. I think it's more than time to move this discussion off-list; for those of you wishing to discuss this further, I'd suggest you create a

RE: [DDN] More info on the MIT/Quanta laptop partnership

2005-12-15 Thread Terry King
At 10:07 PM 12/14/2005 +, Cindy wrote: WSIS announcement of the One Computer per child was on November 18 (am I right?). Today is 14 December. And with less than 30 days ... the Cambridge, Massachusetts-The One Laptop per Child NGO is able to send out invitations, accept bids, evaluates,

Re: [DDN] Nature ranks Wikipedia vs. Britannica; adding trust ratings to Wikipedia

2005-12-15 Thread Donald Z. Osborn
Andy, thanks for this. There are some interesting ideas circulating re Wikipedia (some in reaction to some negative press the latter has received). For instance, in a thread on H-Africa, there is discussion of how scholars, and instructors students in universities can generate new content and

[DDN] Maya Mural video

2005-12-15 Thread Dave Pentecost
Andy and DDN folks For those who are interested, I've posted a short edited video from my work with the San Bartolo archaeology team in 2004. http://www.gomaya.com/glyph/archives/001553.html#001553 I couldn't really release it until National Geographic made the announcement yesterday. I was not