Last year the students in this course held a fundraiser to buy two XO laptops. These laptops have been designed for use by students in third world countries. They are given to students to take home where in some cases they might be the only source of light. The class kept one laptop and the other was donated to the OLPC program.
The XO contains many innovative features such as daylight visible screens, a flash drive, Mesh networking, and a large collection of pre-installed software.
