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 Since 2005, Trend Hunters have been loving the $100 Laptop from the One Laptop Per Child group. The charity provides kids around the world with access to solar powered / hand cranked laptops. Now it’s time for two updates: 1) The XO laptop sales in west are to begin in the 2007 holiday season, at $350 (twice the production cost), will subsidize the manufacturing of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation’s (OLPC) laptops so that they can get them into the hands of third world children. 2) Nigerian school children who have received the laptops in a pilot program were caught surfing porn sites. Isn’t it heartwarming to see that some things we can be shared by all cultures?  In an interview with Reuters, Jepsen said the foundation -- founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher Nicholas Negroponte -- is still working out the details of the plan and expects to know within about a month whether it is feasible.
The green-and-white, kid-friendly laptops that can be powered with hand cranks were designed for use by poor children in the world's impoverished nations. They were designed to withstand severe weather common in areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America. They run on Linux software, feature a high- resolution display that can be read in direct sunlight and are known for their low power consumption, operating up to 12 hours on one battery charge.
Profits from consumer sales would go for that purpose, said Jepsen.
"We're trying to get the best deal we can," she said.
(reuters)References: reuters, Comment: on 'One Laptop Per Child' Updates: Kids Caught Surfing Porn + Laptops to Sell for Profit in the West |
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