OLPC : One Laptop Per Child
Negroponte’s ambitious program aiming to put laptops in the hands of children in developing nations is ready to go prime-time. Due to the harsh market realities, the OLPC group has been unable to hit their target price of $100 per laptop. Instead, they’re getting creative with a new program called give one, get one.
It works something like this: you pay $400, your donation puts one laptop in the hands of a child, and you get one laptop to donate yourself (or keep to play with). These are pretty amazing little machines, designed to be rugged and low on energy use.
I can testify first hand that exposure to computers from a young age really changes the way your mind grows and learns to use the technology. My parents always wondered why computers came so naturally to me. . . could it be that I’ve been using them since I was 3?
So here’s your opportunity to give a child the toolkit to be competitive in the modern economic environment. Chances are the next Google or Apple won’t come from the US!
Filed under education, technology : Comments (4) : Nov 14th, 2007 by tadfad
November 15th, 2007 at 12:29 am
We all know what the laptops are really for…
November 19th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
This is a phenominal program. The combination of cutting edge technology and giving back to the world is something that really excites me! The next big tech companies will definitely not come from the US, and thats just fine!
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November 29th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Isn’t it “one laptop per child,” not “Once Laptop per child?”
November 29th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Thanks for the error checking. Title is fixed