The Nick Negroponte OLPC project is off and running and you can now order your own $100 laptop that actually turned out to be about $200 but it was close. For the next couple weeks you can pay $400 to get one and send one to a child is a developing nation. You get to write off half the price on your taxes and you will also get a one year subscription to t-mobile's wireless service found in many hotels and starbucks all over the world. I ordered mine on Monday morning. It's not a replacement for a full featured computer but it is designed more for children and the boys will love it.
I saw a couple prototypes of the laptop a couple years ago. Mike Lee and I discussed it with Nick at SFO waiting for a flight to Monterray where Nick talked about the project at TED 2006 and Nick brought a model of the laptop to AARP for a discussion shortly after TED in 06. Mike has continued the MIT and OLPC relationship since I left AARP and has blogged about the development. He was a serious alpha tester.
Check out all the details and buy one here. http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php
It's a good cause.
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