$100 laptops
The brain kids at MIT are launching their new “$100 laptops” for children in some of the worlds poorest regions. These brilliant little gizmo’s run on (free) Linux systems and are powered by hand or foot pumps. (Anybody remember the treadle sewing machines?) The education puba in Thailand announced that these gizmo’s will be given to each child in lieu of books because books will be available through the computers (and the magical world of the internet). Although not reaching the poorest of the poor (think Sudan), nor those regions of the world ravaged by untreated treatable illnesses (think the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), these little gizmo’s have the potential for revolutionizing education for the moderately poor of the world.
And I wonder what that means?
As our world becomes smaller and our secrets more transparent, our assumptions will also be visible.
And I wonder what that means?
Connected now not by wires or by … just how exactly does the internet work?
And I wonder what that means?
