MIT $100 Dollar laptop now a working prototype

Darksaber · May 24, 2006

The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative wants to bring computing to the poorer countries and MIT has been working on a $100 dollar laptop for a while. The first working prototype pictures have been uploaded on flickr. Take a look:

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Jimmy 2004 · May 24, 2006

I still don't understand the complete idea of this, there is a huge problem of starvation in developing countries yet they give them laptops. I know that having laptops may help them to develop better in the future but I would've thought it would be better to ensure that people have their basic needs first.

Darksaber · May 24, 2006

well MIT has to do with technology...so they are trying to do what they do best...and help these poor countries.

if it were lets say a culinary arts school somewhere...trying to develop a mega corn 2m tall...great...*G*

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DS

newtekie1 · May 24, 2006

I swear I have seen these in Toys 'R' Us before.

I mean seriously, why not make them at least look like something that wasn't created in Elmo's workshop? I understand Kids are the main idea behind this, but I still would have made it look more Computer and less Speek and Spell.

DRDNA · May 24, 2006

Thoughs laptops are pretty cool ,they have a handle that you turn which in-return powers and stores power in the laptop , a campers dream!!

Dippyskoodlez · May 24, 2006

I know... imagine if they went for sale in the us... they would sell better than ipods!!!

wazzledoozle · May 24, 2006

You can give a man a fish, and he will be fed for a day. You can teach a man to fish, and he is fed for life.

Hopefully these laptops will help to develop people's knowledge of basic things in science and agriculture, so they can better their own lifes.

Fragman · May 25, 2006

wise words wazzledoozle

Azn Tr14dZ · May 25, 2006

wazzledoozle said:
You can give a man a fish, and he will be fed for a day. You can teach a man to fish, and he is fed for life.

Hopefully these laptops will help to develop people's knowledge of basic things in science and agriculture, so they can better their own lifes.

Yeah...wise words...but what are you saying? If you give a poor kid a laptop, they are happy, but if you teach him how to make a laptop, he can sell them and be fed for the rest of his life?

BigD6997 · May 26, 2006

humm i wonder how they overclock...

wazzledoozle · May 26, 2006

Azn Tr14dZ said:
Yeah...wise words...but what are you saying? If you give a poor kid a laptop, they are happy, but if you teach him how to make a laptop, he can sell them and be fed for the rest of his life?

No... I'm saying these laptops will help entire communities learn more about efficient methods for growing their own food, will connect different communities with wi-fi so they can trade goods easier and establish a little bit of civilization in otherwise anarchist lands.

Dippyskoodlez · May 26, 2006

wazzledoozle said:
No... im saying these laptops will help entire communities learn more about efficient methods for growing their own food, will connect different communities with wi-fi so they can trade goods easier and establish a little bit of civilization in otherwise anarchist lands.

either that, or we'll be finding a ton of new hackers in africa that are able to just p00n linux systems in the us.

PVTCaboose1337 · May 26, 2006

Yes, then linux will kill M$!

XooM · May 26, 2006

give a man a fish, you feed him for a day
give a man the internet, you won't see him for 2 weeks!

Jimmy 2004 · May 26, 2006

wazzledoozle said:
No... I'm saying these laptops will help entire communities learn more about efficient methods for growing their own food, will connect different communities with wi-fi so they can trade goods easier and establish a little bit of civilization in otherwise anarchist lands.

That's a cool idea... wifi hotspots in Africa with all these kids using their windup laptops to talk on msn!

DRDNA · May 26, 2006

they over clock very well ,I think like 6.7GHZ as long as you crank the power thingy at like 9000 rpm . :toast:

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