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Negroponte Shows Off $100 Laptop in Educators Gathering

Posted Jul 08, 2006 at 05:54AM by Remi M. Listed in: Laptops & Notebooks, Laptop News Tags: OLPC, Nicholas Negroponte
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$100 Laptop in Yellow - Image 1$100 Laptop in Yellow - Image 2 Nicholas Negroponte, M.I.T. Media Lab co-founder, recently showed off the $100 laptop that will fuel the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project during an educator's conference recently. The National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) warmly received the contraption that aims to bridge the educational gap.


In his presentation to the NECC, Mr. Negroponte said that "children are the main agents of change" and that these laptops should be and hopefully would be distributed to developing countries starting next year, although he didn't mention any specific date. This statement was surprising since he mentioned in his previous statement that the hand-cranked laptops will be out by April 2007. Is there a delay of production or would the laptops come in an earlier date? Your guess is as good as mine.

NECC members got an early look at one of the project's most innovative developments: a dual mode display that can be easily viewed in natural and artificial light, which helps to reduce the machine's power consumption. Although the price tag of each computer still comes in a hefty $130-140 pricetag, Negroponte and others involved in the project believe the cost will drop as component prices decrease.

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