In case you have not caught this on the news wire, India is all set to launch a $7 or Rs. 500 laptop. read more
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In case you have not caught this on the news wire, India is all set to launch a $7 or Rs. 500 laptop. read more
Got this info by mail. Thought I'd share:
"Registration for OLPC INDIA DAY has begun across the country.
It would be on FIRST COME FIRST BASIS.
Registration link :- http://www.olpc.co.in/olpcindiaday/ "
"It's an education project, not a laptop project" is how Nicholas Negroponte describes the landmark One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project that leverages affordable technology for education.
Last July, India rejected the OLPC idea as "pedagogically suspect" and not "mature enough to be taken seriously at this stage". The announcement must have come as a blow to the project given the size of the Indian market for the product. read more