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- Article Title: A Laptop for Every Child
- Author: Zac Gordon
- Publication Date: Jul, 25 2007
- Last Edited: Sep, 08 2007
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A Laptop for Every Child
Summary
Nicholas Negroponte lays out the details of his nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project. Speaking just days after relinquishing his post as director of the MIT Media Lab, he announces that he'll pursue this venture for the rest of his life. He takes us inside the strategy for building the "$100 laptop," and explains why and how the project plans to launch "at scale," with millions of units distributed in the first seven countries. "This is not a laptop project; it's an education project," he says.
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http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/41
Nicholas Negroponte of MIT set out a few years back to put a laptop in the hands of every child. Well, the protoype is finally here, and etech.com has one of the many reviews of it. Take a look.
The BBC just released a video and article showing some of the more technical and in-depth aspects of the new computer.
