One Laptop Per Child OLPC
Hello everyone,
Have you heard about the “One Laptop Per Child” project that is currently undergoing development? The mission is to deliver these high-tech yet low priced computer notebooks to undeveloped third world countries so that children and young adults can obtain education to advance the lives of their community and eventually their country.
The project’s vision along with other relevant information can be found at http://laptop.org/.
Making a Difference One Child at a Time
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118462081476168003-search.html?KEYWORDS=one+laptop&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month
July 17, 2007; Page B4
The nonprofit group One Laptop Per Child has as self-explanatory a title as can be imagined. It was founded in 2005 and is closely associated with Nicholas Negroponte, the former director of the MIT Media Lab.
What are the goals of your group?There are about a billion children in the developing world who don’t have the opportunities they should or could have, and we want to figure out a way to reach them. We think that building an affordable, connected laptop is the way to do it. So we’ve been developing something known as the “Hundred Dollar Laptop,” which is our target price for a few years hence. It’s designed for 6 to 16-year-olds, and has a number of unique features, including a very high resolution sunlight readable display. It runs on two watts of electricity, so it can be powered by solar or by human energy, for kids who live off the grid.
How many are in use right now?
We have about 5,000 machines out in the field now. Our goal is one billion in the developing world. It’s going to take a decade.