[Olpc-uk] I would like to borrow a laptop

[Peter Robinson]

Hi James,

the olpc-uk at lists.laptop.org is correct but you need to be subscribed
to the mailing list to post so as to stop spammers.

I see no problems with the loan of the laptop. I'm based in London not
far from Canary Wharf so if your going to be in London at all we can
organise to meet up if you would like an over view / run through of
the basic use of the laptop, else I can post you one.

Regards,
Peter

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Hammond J. <J.Hammond at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
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> My previous message (see below) was rejected by the email list. Could you
> please tell me the correct email address of OLPC-UK?
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> James Hammond
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> Dear Sir/Madam,
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> I am a researcher at the University of Southampton in the Transportation
> Research Group doing research into child pedestrian road safety.
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> One of my key areas of research is the development of interactive road
> safety resources aimed at child pedestrians in order to reduce the incidence
> of child pedestrian deaths and injuries on roads.
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> While my work is initially based in the UK,  I would like to make these
> tools cross platform and  user-adaptable in order that they can be used in
> developing countries with specific road safety issues. Time permitting,
> there is the possibility that I would then test these resources on a more
> wide-spread basis in Ghana or Tanzania depending on the level of OLPC laptop
> distribution at the time.
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> I was wondering if there is an available OLPC laptop that I can use in my
> project, to test my interactive road safety resources on, and develop them
> so that they are suitable for deployment on OLPC laptops for use in
> developing nations.
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> My project spans for another 2.5/3 years, so it would be good if I could
> borrow a laptop for the foreseeable future until I come to write up my PhD
> thesis.
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> I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
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> Kind Regards
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> James Hammond
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> James Hammond BEng(Hons)
> IDTC Research Engineer,
> Transportation Research Group,
> School of Civil Engineering and the Environment,
> University of Southampton,
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> Tel: +44(0)778 696 1840
> Email: j.hammond at soton.ac.uk
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