I've just discussed this on my blog, and while I'm a fan, I'm concerned about the business logistics of releasing the device among nations that will incubate a grey market for the product and possibly also develop scam imitations of the MIT-developed device. ____________________________________________ Joanne Jacobs, Project Manager Australasian CRC for Interaction Design (ACID) A Commonwealth Cooperative Research Centre http://www.joannejacobs.net/ -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hunsinger Sent: Thursday, 29 September 2005 9:40 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Fwd: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop Begin forwarded message:
From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtslander@sask.usask.ca> Date: September 28, 2005 7:33:45 PM EDT To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net Subject: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop Reply-To: schoolforge-discuss@schoolforge.net
Came across these sites:
haven't noticed this being discussed here.
A $100.00 dollar laptop running linux - intended for education in the developing world - and likely very practical for the developed world to.
http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1935&tag=nl.e589
prototype to be released at World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) http://www.itu.int/wsis/ in November.
It looks like it is intended to support tablet style use (in addition to a keyboard)- so one can use it without using a keyboard. This opens many avenues.
Gord -- Gordon J. Holtslander / Dept. of Biology holtslander@sask.usask.ca / University of Saskatchewan tel 306 966-4433 / 112 Science Place fax 306 966-4461 / Saskatoon, SK Canada / S7N 5E2
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