OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte’s next big idea sounds crazy… and that’s probably because it is. PC Magazine reports he wants to airdrop cheap tablet computers into remote villages without providing any instructions, teachers, or other forms of support. But developing an inexpensive durable, ultraportable laptop that could be used in the developing world seemed like […]
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OLPC tablet could feature solar panels, satellite internet access
The folks at One Laptop Per Child have been promising to offer a $100 tablet for the past few years, and now founder Nicholas Negroponte says it could be available early next year. Of course, cheap tablets are nothing new. We’ve seen dozens, if not hundreds, of inexpensive Android tablets come out of China in the […]
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OLPC tablet coming in February
The One Laptop Per Child group had hoped to show off the first version of its new tablet at CES in January, but according to founder Nicholas Negroponte, it looks like the tablet will be about 45 days late. Instead it will make its first appearance in February. PC World interviewed Negroponte about the project, […]
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OLPC XO-3 tablet concept in pictures
It’s probably not going to happen. Let’s be honest about that. As we’ve previously mentioned, Nicholas Negroponte’s newest vision for a next-generation educational computer isn’t a laptop, it’s a touchscreen tablet that will use less than 1W of power and cost $75. That already seemed pretty unrealistic, but now that I’ve seen the concept images […]
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OLPC scraps XO-2 dual screen laptop, moves toward ARM-based XO-1.75
Remember that dual-touchscreen concept machine that the One Laptop Per Child folks were working on? Yeah, it’s toast. In a recent interview, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte told Xconomy that the team is killing off the XO-2 project and instead focusing on an XO Laptop version 1.75. For anyone keeping track, the first XO Laptop had […]
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Negroponte: Sugar OS was OLPC’s biggest mistake
The netbook revolution has its roots in the One Laptop Per Child project. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte envisioned getting cheap, educational, and open source laptops into the hands of millions of children around the world. Things haven’t really worked out that way. Four years after the project begun, only 900,000 OLPC XO Laptops have been […]
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Despite shrinking staff, OLPC still thinking big
The OLPC project may be have suffered a series of setbacks recently. But founder Nicholas Negroponte still has big plans for the group’s next mini-laptop, the XO-2. An early mockup of the device was spotted yesterday, but the finished product isn’t expected for another 18 months or so. Negroponte seems to be making the rounds, […]
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OLPC flop: Almost nobody gives one or gets one this year
For the second year in a row, the One Laptop Per Child folks decided to offer up the innovative mini-laptop to consumers during the 2008 holiday season. Customers in a number of countries were able to purchase an XO laptop for themselves for about $400, with half the money going to donate an XO to […]