MUDGE’S Musings
Things I found on the way to finding other things…
We’ve been reading about the One Laptop Per Child initiative for some time now, and it’s utterly fascinating to see it closer to fruition, courtesy of eWeek. The story is lengthy and comprehensive and worthy of your time. Click any of the links to pursue this.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 2:50 PM/EST
Meet the XO
Click here to see photos of the XO laptop
eWEEK’s Emerging Technology Looks at the OLPC’s XO laptop
See the XO’s Sugar Interface in Action. Get a first hand look at Sugar features such as the Mesh and see some of the applications bundled with the XO’s Linux-based operating system
The Hardware of the XO laptop – While at the OLPC offices we had the opportunity to get hands-on with the XO laptop
Podcast: The Tech of the XO Listen to a podcast of my interviews with OLPC CTO Mary Lou Jepsen and OLPC President Walter Bender.
One Laptop Per Child’s XO (commonly referred to as the $100 laptop) is designed to change the world by bringing computing resources to children in the developing world. But the many innovations in the XO may also end up changing the world of technology.
Emerging Technology – Desktops and Notebooks – Meet the XO
What a tremendous achievement it will be if OLPC can really deliver these status quo shattering machines at a status quo shattering price!
As a lugger of classic laptops (often two at a time), I am more anxious than most to see the technology transfer promised in eWeek’s analysis.
And as a concerned citizen of the planet, I am anxious to see this playground leveling and globally empowering device placed in millions (billions?) of deserving hands — the sooner the better.
Wow!
It’s it for now. Thanks,
–MUDGE
Left-handed Complement 
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