Seeking One Laptop Demo Per Child

March 17, 2007 11:23 AM

How can I find out where OLPC prototypes will be demo'd nearby? I always hear about the Linux user group meetups, the talks at Harvard and MIT, and the conferences about a week after the fact. (I guess that's how they stay so small.) I'm looking for events in NYC, Boston, or elsewhere in that radius. So my specific question is are there any such events coming up in the northeast, and my general question is how can I better search for such events? An offshoot question: any regional mefi'ers currently holding an xo prototype? If so, I'd like to get in touch to ask a couple questions for a research project. Thanks.
posted by thejoshu to Education (4 answers total)

The NYC ones (like that one at google a couple weeks ago) tend to get posted to the NextNY list/website.
posted by jeb at 11:40 AM on March 17, 2007

Depending on what you want to see, you may like to know that you can get OLPC OS Images for emulation that you may be able to run or boot. No use if you're interested in the hardware, but there's the software.
posted by xueexueg at 12:41 PM on March 17, 2007

I'd like to get in touch to ask a couple questions for a research project.

Email me (see profile). If I can't answer your questions, I can probably put you in touch with people who can.
posted by rkent at 12:48 PM on March 17, 2007

I don't personally have an XO, but if you want to play with one and are in the Boston area (or will be at some point), shoot me an email.
posted by heresiarch at 5:00 PM on March 17, 2007