matthew hockenberry of http://creativesynthesis.net demonstrates the one laptop per child’s fourth production prototype of the ‘hundred-dollar laptop’ at siggraph 2007 - video by leonardo bonanni of hyperexperience.com
FAQ:
-Yes, this is the hundred dollar laptop
-No, you can’t buy one - they are only sold to governments in minimum orders of one million
-It actually costs about $140
-It is made by a private non-profit company based in Cambridge MA USA
-There is no hand-crank, but a variety of generators are being prototyped including a foot-pedal and a pull-string
Duration : 0:6:34
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August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
now 3rd world …
now 3rd world countries can make mugen games :O
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
yea and my dick is …
yea and my dick is 43 inches
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
i am going to do a …
i am going to do a review on one very soon- my videos would be a little more informative b/c by dad is main creator of programmed run on it
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
what adult in a 3rd …
what adult in a 3rd world country is gonna give their kid this thing? so they can go online an do stuff that doesn’t matter? serisouly think about it…they need to make it for adults the small keyboard is rediculous…put a radio in it or a cell phone or something that would be a major bonus…
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
this is a very good …
this is a very good idea and i really hope to hear more about it in the future. i can’t imagine it being very powerful but then again that doesn’t really matter
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
cuz we’re mining …
cuz we’re mining their place is one reason and importing food from them. screws their soil.
but ultimately because they aren’t developed and theres too many people so not enough food to go around
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I don’t understand …
I don’t understand why people always have those food donations and such for poor countries, why can’t they get their own food like all the other countries in the world?
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
wear is the mose??? …
wear is the mose???????????????????????
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
a book can cost 100 …
a book can cost 100
this laptop cost 100 but have unlimited information in it via internet ,it is a life saver for the poor and thrist for kwodlege
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
its good for google …
its good for google images low qulity mp3 and pacman : ]
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
lol, I REALLY hope …
lol, I REALLY hope they keep tabs on these things.
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Listen kid you just …
Listen kid you just need to realize that hey no one in needy countries cares what it looks like for goodness sakes! If these were so bad then why don’t you try making a laptop similar to this.
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
The Laptop is not …
The Laptop is not for Hacking other people’s computers. Please don’t use this laptop for that purpose, if you really do that you are misusing a laptop designed for kids
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
lol
lol
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Hello I live in …
o I live in Nigeria and I am so glad you gave me computer to hack into peoples computers and spamscam so many people in so many other countries..please send money
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
wtf no u dont ur …
wtf no u dont ur channel country says poland
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Hello I live in …
o I live in Nigeria and I happen to have a free XO laptop thanks to the OLPC project. First of all I would like to thank everybody who participates in this wonderful project, that allows us children, living here in the 3rd World to gain access to the Internet and learn more about the world itself. Thank you for creating this project and God bless you. I hope that soon every child living in poor countries such as Nigeria will have the opportunity to use this great educational tool. Thank you!
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
i have that laptop …
i have that laptop but i hate it cause you can only connect to internet via wireless you cant see video on the stupid laptop either
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Agreed!!
Agreed!!
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Well we’ve got two …
Well we’ve got two choices here, we can keep them uneducated but semi-well fed, living in squalor and dependant on people whom many of which couldn’t really care less about the longterm well being of the people they claim to want to help.
OR as we feed them we can at least make some effort to inspire them to use their brains and find their own ways of providing for themselves, leading to the day when they won’t need any help. This project is just one step towards that, KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I think that the …
I think that the technology is great, and that its features are great and I love its simplicity and that their so cheap. but i really hate how they look. I don’t know who decided that green and white were meant to go together. Black would have looked cooler and the antennas that are for the wifi access are horrible.
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
do they have any …
do they have any idea how many individual dialects there are in that area of the world?
obviously not…
i feel bad for the kids, really
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
This is stupid. …
This is stupid. They wastes millions to give laptops to children in third world countries, when they don’t NEED a laptop, they NEED food, shelter, and REAL help.
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
does anhyone have …
does anhyone have msn!!! msg me jane23belle
August 23rd, 2009 at 10:08 pm
From Bangladesh:
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From Bangladesh:
The total cost of this apparently benevolent project have probably exceeded millions of dollars. Wouldn’t it be better served building simple book libraries in developing nations? You know, a book (Those series of pages with black squigly lines) is a proven technology for thousands of years.
With 100 dollars we can buy 100 books for a kid.The laptops are sold to governments.(from “OLPC” in wikipedia) Why should my govt spend millions for your American idea of tech education?