Originally posted on sciy.org by Ron Anastasia on Mon 12 Dec 2005 01:58 AM PST
The MIT Media Lab has launched a new research initiative to develop a $100 laptop—a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. To achieve this goal, a new, non-profit association, One Laptop per Child (OLPC), has been created. The initiative was first announced by Nicholas Negroponte, Lab chairman and co-founder, at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland in January 2005.
The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, full-color,
full-screen laptop that will use innovative power (including wind-up)
and will be able to do most everything except store huge amounts of
data. This rugged laptop will be WiFi-enabled and have USB ports
galore. Its current specifications are: 500MHz, 1GB, 1 Megapixel. ...
https://laptop.media.mit.edu/
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