It's not coming to a store near you. But millions will be shipped next year to schoolchildren in developing countries, including Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Thailand and Libya. The computer, known as the XO, is the brainchild of the One Laptop per Child foundation, a spin-off of MIT Media Lab. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte outlines the program in this Q&A. It's Linux-based, and you won't find standard office software on it. "[C]hildren are being trained to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint...I consider that criminal, because children should be making things, communicating, exploring, sharing, not running office automation tools." Read more about the specs here or take a video tour here.Sunday, December 31, 2006
The $150 Laptop
It's not coming to a store near you. But millions will be shipped next year to schoolchildren in developing countries, including Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Thailand and Libya. The computer, known as the XO, is the brainchild of the One Laptop per Child foundation, a spin-off of MIT Media Lab. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte outlines the program in this Q&A. It's Linux-based, and you won't find standard office software on it. "[C]hildren are being trained to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint...I consider that criminal, because children should be making things, communicating, exploring, sharing, not running office automation tools." Read more about the specs here or take a video tour here.
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"Project designers expect to deliver about 10 minutes of power for every one minute of yanking."
--How great is that?
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