Scobleizer» One Laptop Per Child http://scobleizer.com Searching for world-changing technology Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:45:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The state of the One Laptop Per Child project http://scobleizer.com/2008/10/08/the-state-of-the-one-laptop-per-child-project/ http://scobleizer.com/2008/10/08/the-state-of-the-one-laptop-per-child-project/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:52:39 +0000 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/?p=4762 Lots of you heard a lot of hoopla about the OLPC project (er, One Laptop Per Child). This is a strange little machine that’s aimed at bringing computing to kids around the world. It’s been a while since I heard anything about it, other than they had started shipping with both Linux and Windows, which shocked a few people in the community who saw that as something negative.

So, here I visit the OLPC team and get the skinny from the CEO and then talked with the engineer who built its innovative wireless features (hint: dude is smart and the wireless features on the OLPC are truly innovative). Learned a lot and learned about the deal with Microsoft too.

Oh, and next month they are bringing back the popular “Give one, get one” deal where you can buy an OLPC for $400 for yourself and that’ll get one donated to a kid on your behalf.

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