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more about #nicholasnegroponte more comments → TonyWonder: I don't seem to remember him mentioning this during his spot on 60 Minutes... more » Segador: "he said you can't build it for a hundred dollars, and my answer was oh yes I can." Clown nose? more » Hello Mister Walrus: Well, of course Steve Jobs is going to promote the healthy development of children in poor countries. Which other population do you think he will use ... more » trevisol: I didn't know Charles Grodin was the head of OLPC. . . . more » Markarian: I'm really not surprised. The concept shown above is the kind of product a Chinese megafacturer could sell at $400 wholesale. There's no way it would ... more » frigg: Maybe they could reduce costs by having employees use XO computers. Actually, the whole OLPC organization is misguided. It would be much more efficien... more » ppeetteeyy: WHY are they trying to make dual touch screen ones?!?! Why don't they just keep the cost DOWN and make basic well functioning cheep laptops? They coul... more » NotSoSiniSter: Not to sound cold, but what if they actually sold those things HERE. In the US? Maybe they could actually make some money. I think a lot of parents wo... more » -
#stevejobs
Steve Jobs Helped Negroponte With the OLPC Laptop
Talking at the University of Pennsylvania yesterday, One Laptop per Child's founder Nicholas Negroponte said that Steve Jobs helped in the development of the OLPC computer. Wait. What? More » -
#obits
Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2
It has always been an unspoken fear—or assumption, even—that the dual-touchscreen followup to the original OLPC, the XO-2, would never come to pass. But we let the dream live! Until today: the XO-2 is officially scrapped. More » -
#olpc
Negroponte Halves OLPC Staff, Phases Out Sugar Linux to Focus on Dual-Screen XO
Today, Ars Technica picked up a blip from Nicholas Negroponte, who informed readers of his intention to cut half the staff and reduce pay of the rest, and emphasizing the shift to hardware. More » -
