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Kofi Annan Unveils $100 OLPC Laptop at World Summit on ITRoll out the "Magic" Red Carpet! U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan poetically presented the first working prototype of the hundred dollar laptop, at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia on November 16.The lightweight, mesh-networked, hand-cranked, Linux-based laptop was inspired by Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and co-founder of MIT's Media Lab, as a plan to distribute "one laptop per child" worldwide - particularly in Third World Countries. ".....The $100 laptop holds the promise of major advances in economic and social development," Annan commented. ".....This is not just a matter of giving a laptop to each child, as if bestowing on them some magical charm. The magic lies within - within each child, within each scientist, scholar, or just plain citizen in the making....." - he said.  Negroponte, who turned his vision into a reality in January at the World Economic Forum, agrees: "The development of a $100 laptop will now make (education) possible for all kids - especially those in developing nations. It will redefine how we learn learning." The notebook is specially designed to augment and improve children's education. Thanks to mesh networking capability, the cheap notebook will provide students with wireless internet access from one connection. OLPC (One Laptop Per Child), an association based in Delaware and created by MIT faculty members, has one goal: to provide children with inexpensive yet rugged, technologically proficient mobile computers, further facilitating learning throughout the entire world. The notebooks will first be sold to governments and then distributed to schools. It's a good thing the world's children are our future: Thanks to the OLPC program, we should be in capable technological hands. By Catherine Van Herrin Wednesday, November 23, 2005 |
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