It’s Better to Give than to Receive
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Richard Edwards - Published 03/12/2007
“It’s an education project, not a laptop project.” These are the words of Nicholas Negroponte, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and co-founder of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation – an organisation whose stated goal is: “To provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves.” However, as production of the ultra low-cost XO laptop finally begins to ramp-up, some reports suggest that politicians are stifling the pro…
