Tech guru pitches $100 PC

**MIG-31** · Jan 31, 2005, 04:14 PM

DAVOS, Switzerland--Nicholas Negroponte, the technology guru from the MIT Media Laboratory, prowled the halls of the World Economic Forum holding the holy grail for crossing the digital divide: a mock-up of a $100 laptop computer.

The machine is intriguing because Negroponte has struck upon a remarkably simple solution for lowering the price of the most costly part of a laptop--the display--to $25 or less.

He has been a passionate advocate of using digital technology to improve the quality of life and erase economic barriers in the developing world since the early 1980s, when he took Apple II computers to Senegal with his colleague Seymour Papert.

Now, in partnership with Joseph Jacobson, a physicist at MIT, he wants to persuade the education ministries of countries like China to use laptops to replace textbooks.
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The_Neon_Cowboy · Jan 31, 2005, 09:13 PM

Rofl... $100 laptop LOL yea right,,,

YAYitsAndrew · Feb 1, 2005, 02:08 PM

Stop putting computers in the classroom! They're a huge distraction. Pen and paper works just fine.

Jan 31, 2005, 04:14 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,860 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Tech guru pitches $100 PC DAVOS, Switzerland--Nicholas Negroponte, the technology guru from the MIT Media Laboratory, prowled the halls of the World Economic Forum holding the holy grail for crossing the digital divide: a mock-up of a $100 laptop computer. The machine is intriguing because Negroponte has struck upon a remarkably simple solution for lowering the price of the most costly part of a laptop--the display--to $25 or less. He has been a passionate advocate of using digital technology to improve the quality of life and erase economic barriers in the developing world since the early 1980s, when he took Apple II computers to Senegal with his colleague Seymour Papert. Now, in partnership with Joseph Jacobson, a physicist at MIT, he wants to persuade the education ministries of countries like China to use laptops to replace textbooks. _______________ Read More: C\|net __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jan 31, 2005, 09:13 PM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Rofl... $100 laptop LOL yea right,,, __________________

Feb 1, 2005, 02:08 PM	#3
YAYitsAndrew Anti-Piracy Poster Boy Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605 Rep Power: 79 System Specs	Stop putting computers in the classroom! They're a huge distraction. Pen and paper works just fine. __________________ "It is because the resistance to paying for copyrighted material, although often characterized as arising from a supposed technical burden or principled concern for the public interest, arises rather from exactly the same segment of the brain that is dominant in shoplifters." - Mark Helprin, Digital Barbarism In other words, it's never okay to steal even if you think you have a good reason! www.yayitsandrew.com