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Interview with Nicholas Negroponte.

“The problem is poverty. The idea is to eliminate poverty through education. 50% of children in this world don’t get education.”

http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/11/22/20071122_laptop28.mp3

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Watch it here: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2007/11/14/whitfield.intv.negroponte.one.laptop.cnn.cnn

Santosh is a seven-year-old Nepali boy who has been deaf from birth. He helps us test the learning activities we are developing for Nepal’s pilot of OLPC. You can learn more about it at http://nepal.ole.org

Posted at http://nepal.ole.org/home/?q=node/92

Many years and an infinite amount of sweat equity went into the creation of the XO laptop. Designed collaboratively by experts from academia and industry, the XO is the product of the very best thinking about technology and learning. It was designed with the real world in mind, considering everything from extreme environmental conditions such as high heat and humidity, to technological issues such as local-language support. As a result, the XO laptop is extremely durable, brilliantly functional, energy-efficient, responsive, and fun.

For more information, please call 1-877-70-LAPTOP or visit http://www.laptopgiving.org/

Many years and an infinite amount of sweat equity went into the creation of the XO laptop. Designed collaboratively by experts from academia and industry, the XO is the product of the very best thinking about technology and learning. It was designed with the real world in mind, considering everything from extreme environmental conditions such as high heat and humidity, to technological issues such as local-language support. As a result, the XO laptop is extremely durable, brilliantly functional, energy-efficient, responsive, and fun.

For more information, please call 1-877-70-LAPTOP or visit http://www.laptopgiving.org/

Author: OLPCFoundation

Keywords: OLPC one laptop per child XO 360 degree view design education

Added: November 15, 2007

Posted by Jim Gettys

EA has donated the game Sim City to OLPC, that is really cool. Hopefully Nintendo will also donate a few old Super Mario games also.

Posted by OLPCSimCity

Masi Oka speaks on behalf of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Foundation regarding the Give One Get One opportunity.

Starting November 12, One Laptop Per Child will be offering a Give One Get One Program for a brief window of time in North America. For $399, you will be purchasing two XO laptops—one that will be sent to empower a child to learn in a developing nation, and one that will be sent to your child at home.

For more information, please call 1-877-70-LAPTOP or visit http://www.laptopgiving.org/