Posts Tagged with ‘one-laptop-per-child’

Cloud computing is one of the latest buzzwords to circulate through social media circles. Cloud computing could be the key to a true global society and economic growth, but international politics is holding it back. Defining cloud computing to someone who doesn't live and breathe the heady air of the Web 2.0 bubble can be difficult. Explaining why it is affected by international borders and political issues demands an understanding of what cloud computing is.
Cloud computing is [...]

It was a match made most begrudgingly by two clashing factions, and one which often seemed far too uncomfortable for all involved and more trouble than it was worth to keep together. But it was nonetheless a partnership widely viewed as a critical compromise that would have to be maintained, against all odds, if the grander mission both parties had publicly pledged strongly to was to be achieved.
Well, so much for the value of good will. It appears Intel [...]

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 [...]

We all knew the headlines were going to come forth. It was just a matter of time.
Nigerian schoolchildren, given the power of Internet-connected personal computers through the OLPC, or One Laptop Per Child program, have finally tapped into the raunchy side of the World Wide Web. The News Agency of Nigeria stated that one of its reporters had seen “pornographic images stored on several of the children’s laptops.” Pupils apparently feel free to “browse adult sites with explicit materials,” according [...]

My last post on OLPC (the One Laptop Per Child initiative) here on Profy was a consideration of its potential, and I kept a rosy view of the project throughout the piece, mostly to signify some faith held on my part for the long-term goal of the team behind it. Now Technology Review???s feature story on OLPC has been garnished with a worthwhile seven-minute clip of sliced interviews with some of the key players and thinkers behind the push - [...]

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 [...]