OLPC Low-Power Laptop Empowers and Inspires

[ Thanks to Bergkamp10 for this link. ]

"When the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program was first announced in 2005, media attention centered on two aspects: the US$100 price tag and the humanitarian nature of the project. Three years later, the environmental genius of these award-winning laptops still not only burns bright but even inspires copycats. Vendors such as Asustek and Via are working to bring their own low-cost, low-power computing devices to emerging markets and education.

"If necessity is the mother of invention, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte can be credited for elevating a need to new and inspired heights of creation..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Open Source's Green Claims(Mar 19, 2008)
• gOS: A Wake Up Call for Freedomware Marketing(Jan 08, 2008)
• I Love Linux, But It's Not Going to Save the World(Dec 15, 2007)
• True or False: E-Waste(Dec 10, 2007)