$100 Dollar Laptop One Laptop Per Child Project By Ricardo De La Fuente

BIRTH OF $100 Dollar Laptop First Introduced at the World Summit for Information Society by Kofi Annan and Nicholas Negroponte Provide hand-crank powered laptops to children in developing countries

One Laptop Per Child Aim The mission of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child Most of the nearly two billion children in the emerging world don’t have access to adequate education. The XO laptop is our answer to this crisis OLPC was founded by Nicholas Negroponte with a core of Media Lab veterans(Pictured Above)

Computer Specifications CPUScreenRAMROMTouchpad 433 MHz 1200x inch diagonal LCD (200dpI) 256 MB of Dual 133 MHZ DRAM 1 MB Flash ROM Mouse Control and Handwriting Input KeyboardWireless NetworkingSpeakerMicrophonePorts Water-resistant, customized to locale Extended Range b/g and at low bitrates 2 Mbits/s Built in Stereo Speakers Built-in 3 external USB 2.0 ports and SD Card Port Power Sources DC input +/ V Max 15 W 5-Cell NiMH battery Pack 2 Cell and 4 cell LIFEPO 4 Battery pack External Manual power options include pull- string generator(Potenco)

Costs and Production Higher volumes production of these laptops decrease individual overall cost per laptop Free Software Cheap Hardware

Year Confirmed number (approximate) Date confirmed Purchaser ,000October 2007 Uruguay 15,000November 14, 2007 Birmingham, AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama, United StatesUnited States 260,000December 1, 2007 Peru Peru [ 50,000December 1, 2007 MexicoMexico (Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim)Carlos Slim 167,000January 5, 2008 "Give One, Get One" program ,000May 29, 2008 ColombiaColombia (Caldas) +200,000June 2008 Uruguay +30,000October 2008 Peru +110,000November 10, 2008 ColombiaColombia (Bogota and Cartagena) 10,000November 10, 2008 Ghana Total1,007,000 Summary of laptop orders [i ] [i ]

Give one get one(G1G1) Program Customers can buy a laptop and give one for $399 or simply give one for $199 (can be done with amazon.com)

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