Tag: One Laptop Per Child
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Nonprofit slips in race for cheap laptop for world’s poor kids
Christian Science Monitor: Nonprofit slips in race for cheap laptop for world's poor kids Problems at One Laptop Per Child show how social entrepreneurs can blaze trails but miss the payoff. Oakland, Calif. – The vision was grand: Develop a cheap laptop and get it into the hands of 150 million school children in the…
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A better alternative to One Laptop per Child?
Fortune: A better alternative to One Laptop per Child? For those interested in bridging the digital divide, two seemingly-unrelated headlines in today’s news together tell a fascinating story. The first headline topped the tech news: Nicholas Negraponte’s One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative will start selling their laptops to buyers in rich countries. But there’s…
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Public can purchase $100 laptop
BBC: Public can purchase $100 laptop The backers of the One Laptop Per Child project plan to release the machine on general sale next year. But customers will have to buy two laptops at once – with the second going to the developing world. Five million of the laptops will be delivered to developing nations…
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Rwanda Joins Low-Cost Laptop Project
Christian Post: Rwanda Joins Low-Cost Laptop Project BOSTON (AP) – Rwanda is the eighth developing country to join the One Laptop Per Child initiative aimed at giving away inexpensive computers to all young students. The nonprofit project said Wednesday it will provide Rwanda with initial test laptops and technical support at no cost within a…
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$100 laptop project launches 2007
BBC: $100 laptop project launches 2007 The first batch of computers built for the One Laptop Per Child project could reach users by July this year. The scheme is hoping to put low-cost computers into the hands of people in developing countries. Ultimately the project's backers hope the machines could sell for as little as…