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John Lennon appears in TV ad

David Allen — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:36:13 +0000

This of course in no ordinary advert, for this is going to be advert for the one laptop per child (OLPC) organisation. Despite having died over twenty eight years ago, the great man is back and doing something that he would be proud of. With some clever manipulation and with the consent of his wife Yoko Ono, John Lennon says, “Imagine every child no matter where in the world they were could access a universe of knowledge. They would have a chance to learn, to dream, to achieve anything they want.” Source [Cheap Laptops] [Gallery] a advert, john lennon, Kids Laptops, laptop per child, tv ad, wife yoko ono

XO version 2.0

David Allen — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:00:30 +0000

The extremely cheap and versatile computer, which comes under the One Laptop Per Child scheme, is to get a new version, the scheme has already provided up to six hundred thousand units to deserving children from all around the world. These computers have revolutionised computing in poor countries, the laptop, which runs on a Linux based operating system that has been especially developed for the XO, will be replaced at sometime during 2010, with the XO2. Source [New Scientist] [Gallery] a laptop per child, linux, new scientist, operating system, poor countries, versatile computer, XO Laptops, XO Laptops

OLPC XO2 will act like an Electronic Book!

Laptop Pimp — Thu, 22 May 2008 23:12:58 +0000

The new OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) XO2 will act like an eletronic book in addition to other cool new features being added. The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project looks like an e-book and has had its price slashed to $75 per device. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte gave a glimpse of the “book like” device at an unveiling event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first XO2 machines should be ready to deliver to children in 2010. Mr Negroponte said he hoped the design would also be used by other manufacturers. via bbc a bbc, electronic book, glimpse, Kids Laptops, laptop per child, massachusetts institute of technology, new features, nicholas negroponte, olpc, xo2