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Technology -- and the access to information that it brings -- has long been considered a huge benefit to education. An organization with lofty goals and noble intent tried to change the world with a $100 laptop, but found out the hard way that doing so is much more complicated than it seems.
Sources:
Mess of AC adapters photo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO#/media/File:OLPC_laptop_charging.JPG
Solar panel photo: wiki.laptop.org/go/File:XO_and_SolarGorilla.jpg
Clamp charger photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FreeplayClampCharger.jpg
Steve Jobs photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg
Nicholas Negroponte photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicholas_Negroponte_USNA_20090415_cropped.jpg
"The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality", The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2005.
OLPC with Windows XP boot screen photo: flickr.com/photos/nirak/2366816727
"Microsoft to Try Windows XP Out on OLPC in January," abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=3960505
Asus EeePC photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asus_Eee_PC_1001PX_netbook_20180326.jpg
Engadget XO-1.5 article: engadget.com/2009-04-18-xo-generation-1-5-promises-some-beefed-up-internals-while-we-wai.html
XO-1.5 motherboard photo: wiki.laptop.org/images/9/93/XO-1.5_Motherboard_Bottom_C1.jpg
XO-1.75 laptop photo: wiki.laptop.org/images/e/e2/XO-1.75_siblings.jpg
XO-1.75 laptop photo: blog.laptop.org/2012/09/04/are-you-working-with-xo-laptops-that-need-an-upgrade/xo-1-75-2
The Verge article about the XO-4: theverge.com/2013/1/6/3844532/olpc-xo-4-convertible-linux-laptop-pictures-video
Psivewri's XO-4 video: youtube.com/watch?v=UvXeq_wkWwI
Nicholas Negroponte TED talk: ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on
"The Charisma Machine" by Morgan Ames: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/charisma-machine
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Technology -- and the access to information that it brings -- has long been considered a huge benefit to education. An organization with lofty goals and noble intent tried to change the world with a $100 laptop, but found out the hard way that doing so is much more complicated than it seems.
Sources:
Mess of AC adapters photo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO#/media/File:OLPC_laptop_charging.JPG
Solar panel photo: wiki.laptop.org/go/File:XO_and_SolarGorilla.jpg
Clamp charger photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FreeplayClampCharger.jpg
Steve Jobs photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg
Nicholas Negroponte photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicholas_Negroponte_USNA_20090415_cropped.jpg
"The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality", The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2005.
OLPC with Windows XP boot screen photo: flickr.com/photos/nirak/2366816727
"Microsoft to Try Windows XP Out on OLPC in January," abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=3960505
Asus EeePC photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asus_Eee_PC_1001PX_netbook_20180326.jpg
Engadget XO-1.5 article: engadget.com/2009-04-18-xo-generation-1-5-promises-some-beefed-up-internals-while-we-wai.html
XO-1.5 motherboard photo: wiki.laptop.org/images/9/93/XO-1.5_Motherboard_Bottom_C1.jpg
XO-1.75 laptop photo: wiki.laptop.org/images/e/e2/XO-1.75_siblings.jpg
XO-1.75 laptop photo: blog.laptop.org/2012/09/04/are-you-working-with-xo-laptops-that-need-an-upgrade/xo-1-75-2
The Verge article about the XO-4: theverge.com/2013/1/6/3844532/olpc-xo-4-convertible-linux-laptop-pictures-video
Psivewri's XO-4 video: youtube.com/watch?v=UvXeq_wkWwI
Nicholas Negroponte TED talk: ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on
"The Charisma Machine" by Morgan Ames: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/charisma-machine
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Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).
