An amazing design project
One lap top per child.
The name says it all, it is a big dream coming true, making possible that every child on the planet has a laptop, and subsequent access to the ideas and the world around them. It is a project devised to assist children developing work discover education and get beyond the fifth grade. Devised long before Kevin Rudd’s 2007 election promise in 2006 at the projected total cost US$100 per laptop (this is the intention) One Laptop Per Child is all about good design.
It’s an education project, not a laptop project. Nicholas Negroponte
From the “One laptop per child” website the goal is : To provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves.
Founded by Nicholas Negroponte with a core of Media Lab veterans in 2006, this project is an opportunity rewrite many aspects of modern life – education, the process of manufacturing of electronic goods, and modern philantrophy, whilst encorporating the best aspects of design.
The brand identity was developed by Pentagram, the laptop or green machine was designed by Fuseproject.
The computer is powered by range of sources including foot power generation or solar power. It is dust proof, it run run in range of temperatures, can be used in direct sun light, it can be a game interface a laptop or an ebook, and many repairs and part replacements can be carried out by the student themselves. It goes without saying that object is an innovative as the project itself.
Visit One Laptop per child for details
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