There's a program underway at MIT that aims to bring low-cost laptops to poor children around the world that will give them the ability to surf the Internet in order to assist them in their educational development. The $100 laptops feature an AC adapter that would double as a carrying strap, and a hand crank that would power the device when there is no electricity available. In addition, they will be able to connect to WiFi networks. Obviously they are not top-of-the-line products, but they will certainly be useful to those who have never had the opportunity to use them.
It is expected that the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child program will deliver up 5 million to 15 million computers to children in Brazil, China, Egypt, Thailand, and South Africa in the next year.
1. We'll see I guess, but nothing but drawings so far. I think it's a complete waste from the start, and the likelihood is that it just won't happen.
His inspiration was form sending laptops home with poor children in Cambodia, and as he said, the parents loved them because they were the best source of light in their home. So his idea is to give them laptops? How about a light first? I mean come on.
Posted at 5:28AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Misplaced Education Priorities