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Thursday, November 17, 2005
BBC NEWS | Technology | UN debut for $100 laptop for poor
BBC NEWS | Technology | UN debut for $100 laptop for poor
MIT has unveiled a laptop designed to be used by children in developing countries. This laptop represents a radical change from existing computer paradigms, with its operations being controlled by the end user: a crank for power, peer-to-peer wireless networks, and it runs on free-software (linux).
Developments like this may not only help bring much of the world out of poverty, but do so in a way that isn't dependent upon massive, centrally-controlled infrastructure.
MIT has unveiled a laptop designed to be used by children in developing countries. This laptop represents a radical change from existing computer paradigms, with its operations being controlled by the end user: a crank for power, peer-to-peer wireless networks, and it runs on free-software (linux).
Developments like this may not only help bring much of the world out of poverty, but do so in a way that isn't dependent upon massive, centrally-controlled infrastructure.
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