Posts Tagged ‘One Laptop Per Child’

Indian One Laptop Per Child scheme To Cost Only $10

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 16:03 No Comments

 

It seems that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) scheme has found a major rival. Academics from the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore) and the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) have started work to create a $10 laptop for poor kids. If it is successful then it will be a major blow to the [...]

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Intel no longer support the MIT’s $100 laptop for kids

Saturday, January 5, 2008 17:37 No Comments

Intel Corp. decided to abandon the One Laptop Per Child Program that was founded by Nicholas Negroponte in 2005. The former director at the MIT aimed to deliver millions of laptops to children in developing countries. The price tag for these machines was set at $100 but currently the cost is at $188. The machines [...]

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