How will one laptop per child (olpc) change things?
If Nichalos Negroponte and the OLPC group have their way, they could be shipping tens of millions of these very cool low cost laptops. Check out images and details about the devices here. It looks like a bunch of countries already have orders in. Definitely an innovative concept with the integrated strap, hand crank for power, instant on, instant off, linux based device there seems like a lot of potential. The innovations go beyond the hardware to include online/offline synchronizable ebooks, quick easy ways to build applications, and lots more. The olpc wiki has captured some of the discussion. Think time is very good indeed, especially when that time is connected with people’s passions.
