Last time we spied the XO-3 tablet concept from OLPC , we were told to expect the thing to ship in the far-distant year 2012. Much has changed since then in the tablet arena, however, and Nicholas Negroponte , the project’s founder, is saying they’ll have a working prototype ready by December of this year, to be shown off at CES in January of 2011.
Last time we spied the XO-3 tablet concept from OLPC , we were told to expect the thing to ship in the far-distant year 2012. Much has changed since then in the tablet arena, however, and Nicholas Negroponte , the project’s founder, is saying they’ll have a working prototype ready by December of this year, to be shown off at CES in January of 2011.
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OLPC should have an XO-3 prototype ready by the end of the year
Isn’t Italy a place of contrast? After the country’s judiciary slammed Google for failing to keep a tight enough leash on user-uploaded content, we’re now hearing that its local version of Wired magazine is putting forward the internet as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its contributions to “helping advance dialogue, debate and consensus.” Right then. Just in case you think this is all a bit silly — and you should — we’re also hearing Nicholas Negroponte and 2003 Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi are both in support of the idea, which has been described as “a Nobel for each and every one of us” by Internet for Peace, an organization set up specifically to promote the web’s candidacy
Isn’t Italy a place of contrast? After the country’s judiciary slammed Google for failing to keep a tight enough leash on user-uploaded content, we’re now hearing that its local version of Wired magazine is putting forward the internet as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of its contributions to “helping advance dialogue, debate and consensus.” Right then. Just in case you think this is all a bit silly — and you should — we’re also hearing Nicholas Negroponte and 2003 Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi are both in support of the idea, which has been described as “a Nobel for each and every one of us” by Internet for Peace, an organization set up specifically to promote the web’s candidacy
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The internet earns a nomination for 2010 Nobel Prize
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the “$100 laptop.”
Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, describes how the One Laptop Per Child project will build and distribute the “$100 laptop.”
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TEDTalks : The vision behind One Laptop Per Child – Nicholas Negroponte (2006)
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