Sunday, November 12, 2006

A Laptop for Every Child

One laptop for every child. Sound like a dream? Well, that dream just came one step closer. They've just successfully made a special laptop that only costs $130 US and only uses 10% of the electricity that a normal laptop does. Now it will just be a matter of spreading them to those children that need them most.
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5 comments:

  1. Goat Almighty11/13/2006 3:18 pm

    it's a pipe dream that's been going around for years.

    the guy wants to secure guarantees from governments to purchase a minimum order before going on with this project.

    it'd be nice if he succeeds, whenever that is. then everyone has access to more information that's readily available on the net and perhaps to first spur other industries in the respective countries to boom - like the internet industry.

    then i can go there to start my computer lessons and finally get out of here. heh.

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  2. Symbol11/13/2006 4:17 pm

    I don't think it's a pipe dream and I don't think it's just one guy, you see it's MIT (which is one university) and quite a number of governments (with several having offered millions of dollars for the project).

    www.laptop.com

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  3. Goat Almighty11/15/2006 4:07 pm

    if so, why is it still not moving ahead of its current spot?

    not that i don't want this thing to go ahead or making a mockery of it. it'd be wonderful if this thing was to finally happen.

    it just doesn't have the kinda support the original guy was looking for - yet.

    what would be the reason/s behind that?

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  4. Symbol11/15/2006 4:48 pm

    What do you mean? They've just built a prototype! Oh, and brazil and China have both made orders that amount to 3 million, this is before a production line has even been built. Things are moving and more and more people are being inspired.

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  5. Goat Almighty11/16/2006 3:40 pm

    that's the spot i'm talking about.

    this talk has been going on for years and they've only just come out with a prototype.

    and they wouldn't start mass-production until they have secured more minimum orders from other governments. even 3m from the world's big 2 (population-wise) isn't enough.

    it's all about profitability in the end, but that makes perfect sense.

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