Do the worlds poor children really need a $100 laptop?
The chairman and founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab recently launched the $100 laptop to the worlds media. Is it necessary?
MIT rolled out a non-profit association, called One Laptop Per Child, to design, manufacture and distribute laptops that will be provided to various governments at cost price and issued to children by participating schools on a basis of one laptop per child. These machines will be rugged, Linux-based and so energy-efficient that hand cranking alone can generate sufficient power for operation.
The internet connectivity question is addressed in a few different ways, including the use of Wi-Fi, WiMax, 3G and satellites, as well as fibre, coaxial cable and plain old telephony. Competition, deregulation and the fact that the developing world is now the only new telecommunications market, will all perhaps contribute to wider reaching availability, greater bandwidth and, most importantly in these countries, lower connectivity costs.
The solution offered is a $100 laptop: a durable, versatile machine at a price the developing world can afford. The fact...
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