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pragerd:

Do you remember the one laptop per child project  that was all the rage a year or two ago?

It’s coming closer to a reality, and this is the laptop that will cost $75 and looks better than your Macbook.

It’s going to be released in 2012.

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Yves Behar, FTW.  A year or so behind schedule but the second iteration is sure to be an impressive debut.  Technology aside, let’s not forget the social and cultural barriers affecting the introduction of such a device.  But given the turbulence of the last release, I’m sure OLPC will pull through.

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    this is something i’ve felt super vaguely for a long time, but could never articulate nearly this well. this is one of...

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    We’ve supported OLPC in...goings on. Images...Yves Behar...

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    In my limited experience I would say: you’d be surprised. There’s a signature experience, I think, for Westerners first...

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    Cool computer and concept, but honestly, how first world is this shit? “Hey, let’s get those poor fucking Africans some...

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    Yves Behar, FTW. A...so behind schedule but the second iteration is sure

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