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(Source: Images [a through d] CC-BY-SA Nate Preston)
Figure 16.3
(a) CAD of the Kingston Hot Press. (b) A heat transfer model showing the
temperature gradient across a component. (c) The improved press in use. (d) The resultant
waste-plastic composite material.
Appropedia pages were being ported to the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project,
which has enjoyed widespread publicity in the major media. The OLPC (
Figure 16.4
) is a
low-cost laptop designed to revolutionize education for the world's children. Specifically,
the OLPC initiative hopes to provide educational opportunities for the world's most isol-
ated and poorest children by giving each child a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected
laptop as well as open source software tools and content designed for collaborative, joy-
ful, self-empowered learning.
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