XOXO laptop by Yves Béhar

I’m away at MeshU most of today (which is going really well by the way) but I wanted to post quickly on an update to my favorite project. Yves Béhar revealed his redesign of the XO Laptop for OLPC. It’s a touch screen, fold-out tablet and it looks absolutely stunning. 

My immediate thoughts are that the full-screen interface allows for future updates through firmware only which should lengthen the product lifecycle. Alas, many people will lament the hard keyboard (iPhone groaners quiet down for a second) but the reality is touch screen interfaces are here to stay and if a nation of children are going to be using them, we should lighten up and get used to it. (Especially if they have haptic response.)

(Via Dezeen)