Eight Nations set to get $150 laptops - C/net News
From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide this month--reading electronic books, shooting digital video, creating music and chatting with classmates online.
Founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology academics, the nonprofit One Laptop per Child project will deliver nearly 2,500 of its $150 laptops to eight nations in February.
The experiment is a prelude to mass production of the kid-friendly, lime-green-and-white laptops scheduled to begin in July, when 5 million will be built.
The gadget's technological triumphs include a hand crank to charge its battery, a keyboard that switches between languages, a digital video camera, wireless connectivity and Linux open-source operating software tailored for remote regions.
The project's operators say the price should fall to $100 apiece next year, when they hope to produce 50 million of the so-called XO machines before dipping below $100 by 2010, when they aim to reach 150 million of the world's poorest children.
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