Pentagram has announced an update to the One Laptop Per Child website. OLPC is an initiative I’ve been interested in for a while and I’m excited to see any updates that further the awareness of the program. From Pentagram, designers of both the website and the XO laptop’s interface:
The new site is an evolution [...]
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 [...]
BusinessWeek reports on the OLPC’s initiative to sell bundles of XO laptops, one for the purchaser and one to be donated, in a two week span this November. The move came after the OLPC group recognized the buzz around the XO and after a few “verbal” deals with developing nations fell through. (Why anyone would [...]
If it isn’t apparent by now, I have a soft spot for simple technology being used to assist developing nations.
The New York Times has a great write up on a small but significant group of folks at MIT that use “concrete thinking to improve the lives of the world’s bottom billion, those who live on [...]
dezeen reports that the XO snared the ‘Community’ nomination at the Index awards. You got to love an award showcase that has a zero-emissions car as the winner in the ‘Play’ category.
Finally a nice little walk through of this amazing little universal laptop designed for children in developing nations. Key points:
The XO is specifically designed for kids: small keys, trackpad, and size
Manufactured for around $140
They will ship them in orders of 1 million
Includes some overview of the amazing Pentagram-designed software interface
Switch between color and monochromatic display [...]
Looks like Intel has signed on as a partner and the final round of beta machines have been made. Follow this progress timeline for complete information.
More coverage and information about my favorite project of the century, OLPC courtesy of SvN.
BusinessWeek has an indepth article about the laptop in the OLPC initiative.
Again, I can’t stress how much I love this project. We are fortunate to be able to access information and education for free and now these kids will have the same opportunity. Moreso, they’ll experience computers in a much different way than most of [...]
One of my favourite humanitarian projects of the century, the OLPC initiative finally has a web site so more people can learn about and support it.
