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Re: [school-discuss] FLOSS on Wii?

Am I mistaken or is it only necessary to buy the Wii remote control ($35), some LEDs, bluetooth card, and batteries if one already has a projector?  (Many of the schools I visit do.)


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From: "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The $5k is my memory of a price I got from a Prometheun rep at GaETC.

On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 12:39 -0500, Daniel Howard wrote:
> I'll take that challenge!  I've already proposed to Atlanta Public 
> Schools and my daughter's principal and the teacher technology committee 
> there to do just that.  We were planning to buy a few projectors anyway, 
> and all teachers now have laptops, so it seems ripe for a test.  "Wiil" 
> keep the group posted.
> 
> Actually, just to be clear, a quick search of pricing seems to indicate 
> that in quantity you can get interactive white boards for $1100 to $1500 
> (latter includes Promethean's ActivStudio software, e.g.).  Since you 
> need a good projector for the Wii solution as well, from where did the 
> $5000 number originate?
> 
> Since a Linux version has yet to be developed, I wonder how much we'd 
> have to pay a student or consultant to develop one quickly?  If the 
> board really is $5000, seems like for that price we could get a Linux 
> version done for us.
> 
> Best,
> Daniel
> 
> 
> Yishay Mor wrote:
> > so here's a new year challenge: install one in your local school and 
> > post a video on YouTube!
> > 
> > On 26/12/2007, *James P. Kinney III* < jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > <mailto:jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > 
> >     On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 12:05 +0000, Yishay Mor wrote:
> >      > Have a look at Johnny Lee's stuff. Pure genius:
> >      > http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/
> >      >
> > 
> >     I imagine Prometheum is quaking in their gold-plated boots over this.
> >     For the $5000 price of one Prometheum board, schools can get 7 complete
> >     Wiimote boards with the XGA projector.
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