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Nicholas Negroponte presenta la segunda generación del OLPC
2008-05-22 15:53:00 Nicholas Negroponte ha participado esta semana en un ciclo de conferencias que se ha celebrado en Cambridge, Massachusetts, para presentar la segunda generación del "portátil de los 100 dólares", que recibirá el nombre de XO2.Esta nueva versión, que llegará a los mercados el próximo año, es sensiblemente más pequeña que la anterior, consume menos energía, hace gala de un renovado diseño, no dispone de teclado y cuenta con 2 pantallas táctiles que permitirán la utilización de este portátil en posición vertical como si de un libro interactivo se tratara.Los impulsores del proyecto, con Negroponte a la cabeza, esperan que la llegada de esta segunda generación, la presumible bajada de las pantallas LCD y el acuerdo que han suscrito con Microsoft para poder instalar Windows en estos portátiles sirvan para impulsar las ventas de un producto que hasta el momento no ha alcanzado las cotas de popularidad esperadas. Y es que apenas si se han vendido 600.000 unidades. Muy poco si tenemos en ...
Do we really need one laptop per child?
2007-11-28 18:39:00 One Laptop per Child (OLPC) was started in 2002 by Nicholas Negroponte, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Its mission is to provide low-cost laptops, known as the XO, to children around the world specially living in third world countries. The machines are planned to cost $100 and have been especially designed for ...
By: Silence
Nicholas Negroponte a Reggio Emilia
2007-10-26 12:55:00 Breve e tardivo post per ricordare a tutti che sabato 27 Ottobre, presso l’aula magna “Manodori” dell‘Università di Reggio Emilia (Via Allegri 9 Reggio Emilia) si terrà un incontro con Nicholas Negroponte, fondatore del MediaLab del Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) di Boston e Presidente della fondazione One Laptop per Child. Il tema della conferenza ...
Hats off to Nicholas Negroponte and his $100 laptop
2007-03-07 13:56:04 Nicholas Negroponte is the founder and chairman of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) http://www.laptop.org established to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves. OLPC was founded by Nicholas Negroponte with a core of Media Lab veterans, but quickly expanded to include a wide range of exceptionally talented and dedicated people from academia as well as industry, the arts, business, and the open-source community.The scheme is hoping to put low-cost computers into the hands of people in developing countries. Ultimately the project's backers hope the machines could sell for as little as $100 (£55). Test machines are expected to reach children in February as the project builds towards a more formal launch.Ask any primary school head in any corner of the world and they will probably tell you that?s a good idea. Like Nicholas, I think the idea that school children are still being encouraged to learn through Microsoft products is ...
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