Interesting concept - It’s an effort by One Laptop Per Child (http://www.laptopgiving.org/) to develop a very low-cost, rugged computer for impoverished children in poor countries. It was designed to sell at a very low cost of $100, but they were offering a donation deal, of buy 1 for a kid and get one for yourself. I wonder what the potential is for kids actually using this device, will they be able to figure it out? Will enough kids around them have one so that they can use the sharing software? It's definitely a powerful tool that could help poor kids in third world countries get access to ideas. NY Times writer, David Pogue wrote an interesting review, read here.
Friday, February 1, 2008
computers for kids
Interesting concept - It’s an effort by One Laptop Per Child (http://www.laptopgiving.org/) to develop a very low-cost, rugged computer for impoverished children in poor countries. It was designed to sell at a very low cost of $100, but they were offering a donation deal, of buy 1 for a kid and get one for yourself. I wonder what the potential is for kids actually using this device, will they be able to figure it out? Will enough kids around them have one so that they can use the sharing software? It's definitely a powerful tool that could help poor kids in third world countries get access to ideas. NY Times writer, David Pogue wrote an interesting review, read here.
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