The Nicholas Negroponte / One Laptop Per Child Story
About 3 years ago, MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte announced to the world that he intended to build and distribute $100 laptops to every child in third-world nations.
People everywhere told him educating the masses was a genuinely lovely idea but a bit of a Pollyanna-ish, utopian impossibility, all things considered.
Thing is, when a True Calling has its way, nothing’s impossible…
Hear more about it - and about how you can participate in this historic and revolutionary world-wide effort - by listening.
TO LEARN MORE, EXPLORE THESE LINKS:
- http://laptopgiving.org/en/index.php
- Can the $100 Laptop Change the World?
In this exclusive interview with LAPTOP, Nicholas Negroponte speaks freely on the ambitious One Laptop Per Child Project.
By Joanna Stern
Posted: 4/24/2007 on www.laptopmag.com - New XO LapTop for third world children confirmed ‘world’s greenest’ laptop
In this piece, the industry itself confirms that the new XO Laptop for third world children is not only the lowest priced laptop in the world, but the greenest too.
Ars Technica, MA - Oct 22, 2007 - http://www.undertheradarblog.com/wp_blog.html






