Posts Tagged with ‘nicholas-negroponte’

We’ve mentioned several times before the engaging and quite cutting-edge (metaphorically, not literally) device known as the XO Laptop, a project that has developed from MIT experiment to captivating reality now backed by a full-fledged mission-esque organization, called One Laptop Per Child, or OLPC.
Many a question has been raised about the green and white and mostly-waterproof invention since it’s first public showing. Some have challenged the tenacity of the project’s pilot and foremost spokesman, Nicholas Negroponte, for even so much [...]

Over a year ago, the concept of offering portable computers to expand the knowledge among youth in developing countries was put in play. The initiative, an idea Nicholas Negroponte has championed in the midst both good and highly critical press, is now entering its final stages. MIT’s Media Lab, with the help of several bigwigs (and some small ops too), has kept good on their word for the final end-user price.
Many have poopooed the notion of offering poor kids in [...]