OLPC's New XO Laptops

The OLPC program is working on the next generation of XO laptops, with such features as a touch screen keyboard and a target price of $75. To find out more about these new developments, click here.

Microsoft and OLPC

Last week, Microsoft announced that it will be teaming up with the OLPC program to release another version of the XO laptop, which will have the capacity to run Windows XP. Even with this new progress, the founders of OLPC are not giving up on the Linux software that functioned in the first XOs. Instead, OLPC is working to create laptops that will be able to use both Windows and Linux, depending on the user's preference.

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BALSA Bridge Building Contest @ NDRS

Each year, the Physics 11 and 12 students of Notre Dame test their skills in building the strongest, and lightest, possible bridges of balsa wood. With this contest being one of the most popular of its kind, guest who are not affiliated with the school even send in their bridges for the competition. The current record of the most weight held is 209.4 kg. Maybe someone will break this record during the next contest on Tues. May 6, 2008!

Some of the prominent sponsors of this competition include the Association of Profession Engineers and Geoscientists of BC, Simon Fraser University's School of Engineering Science, and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. For a list of all sponsors, click here.










Vancouver is a city of many interesting bridges. Here's my favourite:

The Port Mann Bridge -- Coquitlam-Surrey BC

Interested in finding out a bit more information?
Click here to visit the Official Contest Site, and/or click here to view some of the 2007 contest photos.

Visit this additional link from the Balsa Bridge website, which outlines basic bridge types, by clicking here.