The document summarizes Mike Lee's trip to the OLPC HQ and MIT Media Lab from July 30th to August 1st, 2008. It describes meetings with developers and demonstrations of new technologies like the 55w solar blanket, XO laptop mods, and experimental antenna designs. It also mentions new construction at the Media Lab and testing a 10 watt solar panel that took around 3 hours 45 minutes to fully charge an XO laptop.

1. 1CC+Media Lab Trip Report Mike Lee

2. Mass Media Workshop Monday 7/28/2008 Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos, Developer of Cerebro

3. OLPC HQ 7/30

4. OLPC HQ 7/30 Meeting Marvin Minsky Seth shows off the 55w solar blanket XOs everywhere SJ Klein

5. OLPC HQ 7/30 With Michael Stone, Seth Woodworth and some of the interns at the Cambridge Brewing Company.

6. OLPC HQ 7/30 XO Lorax mod Seth’s Firefox 3 swag The children’s stories are pouring in The repair bench

7. OLPC HQ 7/30 Experimental antenna design taped to a window in the Patmos Conference room.

8. OLPC HQ 7/30 Nicholas’ office is almost always empty Hanging out in the Patmos Conference Room

9. OLPC HQ 8/1 I met with Cynthia Solomon on Friday morning to get some feedback on my camera periscope.

10. Media Lab 7/30 – 8/1 New wing of the Media Lab underway Scratch Conference banner

11. Media Lab 7/30 – 8/1 Ed Boyden, Neuroengineering Huggable Robot

12. Media Lab 7/30 – 8/1 E15 3D Texture Engine Siftables

13. Media Lab 7/30 – 8/1 SNiF Labs Boston skyline from Logan

14. 10 Watt Solar Panel Tests Under mostly sunny conditions in Washington, D.C. area: Approx. 3h 45m to charge the XO from empty. This is over one hour more than the factory claim of 2h 40m.

15. OLPC Learning Club Our web site: http://www.olpclearningclub.org Note: Meetings will be on the THIRD Saturday for the rest of the year at various locations. Watch the blog.