[Offtopic] New OLPC design for XO2 computer

Roland Gesthuizen rgesthuizen at gmail.com
Thu May 22 19:02:29 EST 2008


New OLPC looks like an interesting new design.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7411904.stm

>  Design revamp for '$100 laptop'
>  [image: the new xo-s laptop] The XO2 looks and acts like an electronic
> book
>
> *The wraps have been taken off the new version of the XO laptop designed
> for schoolchildren in developing countries.*
>
> The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project
> looks like an e-book and has had its price slashed to $75 per device. OLPC
> founder Nicholas Negroponte gave a glimpse of the "book like" device at an
> unveiling event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first XO2
> machines should be ready to deliver to children in 2010.
>


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Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au

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