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Laptops & Role Playing: Is Technology the Answer to Poverty?
Though Dungeons and Dragons has weirdly wormed its way into the campaign, technology is popping up worldwide as not an escape from the drudgery of every day, but as an escape from poverty. Laptops and role-playing games are a double click of cure.
One Laptop Per Child, a program designed to bring technology and opportunity to kids in developing nations has completely fulfilled that mission in the tiny South Pacific island of Niue.
The OLPC XO Gets Equipped With Windows XP
Just when I hardly hear anything for months about the One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft decides to team up with OLPC to add Windows XP to the XO laptops. Machines running Windows will be available by August or September, with some machines available as early as next month. XO laptop users will also have the ability to host both Windows and Linux operating systems on their machines.
The OLPC XO Laptop: In The Eyes of a Nine Year Old
If you're still wondering what the heck the One Laptop Per Child
project is, I highly recommend watching David Pogue's insightful video about the XO laptop. Or you can check out the video below which features a nine-year-old boy giving his enthusiastic review of the bright green and white innovative laptop. Let's just hope that this machine teaches him about more countries other than Nigeria and Peru.
One Laptop Per Child Posts Shipping Info
With the One Laptop Per Child project underway, people who participated in OLPC's Give One, Get One program are anxiously awaiting their XO laptops. Engadget has just announced that expected shipment dates are now available on the OLPC website. According to the site, those who placed their order by November 12th will receive their machine before Christmas.
Masi Oka's Ad Appeals to One Laptop Per Child Donors
The One Laptop Per Child project, an effort to provide $100 computers to children in developing countries, has been in the works for some time, but a recent publicity campaign has catapulted the project into the mainstream. The OLPC has released an ad featuring Heroes star and former Geek of the Week Masi Oka. In it Masi implores the public to purchase and donate computers to children in need.
David Pogue Reviews the Amazing $100 Laptop
Back in March we discussed a new initiative called the One Laptop Per Child project which is aiming to provide low-cost OX laptops to children in developing nations. According to CNN Money, the OLPC already has around 7,000 machines in demonstration projects in about fifteen countries including Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, and Rwanda. We've heard alot about this project in the past few months, but now we actually get to see it in action thanks to New York Times technology columnist David Pogue.
$100 Laptop Project - Coming Soon
The first shipment of computers built for the One Laptop Per Child project could reach users by this July, according to the BBC.
The project was created in an effort to provide low-cost computers to people in developing countries and the project's leaders hope that they will be able to offer computers for $100. The first countries to sign up for buying the machine include Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Nigeria, Libya, Pakistan and Thailand.
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Website lil Loves: One Laptop Per Child
My five-year-old daughter thinks typing on my BlackBerry while in line at the store is a treat. She is no different than the other children of the world that delight in learning new things or testing out electronics — except for the fact that she has access to them on a daily basis. One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is an organization that puts educational tools into the hands of youngsters that need them from little girls in Afghanistan to poverty stricken elementary school students in Alabama.
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Wishing You a Thanksgiving Filled With Gratitude
Sometimes I get so wrapped up with the latest and greatest gadgets that I tend to lose sight of how truly blessed I am. Today is a day of reflection and introspection where we can set aside our egos and hectic lifestyles and pause to express our gratitude. For those of you who are in the US, I hope you are able to share this festive day with special friends and close family.
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