Do The Children Worlds Poor really need a $ 100 laptop?

The President and founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab has recently launched the $ 100 laptop for the world of media. And ' necessary?

MIT implemented a non-profit association, called One Laptop Per Child, to design, produce and distribute laptops that will be provided to Governments at cost price and allocated to children from participating schools on a basis of One Laptop per Child. These machines will be Linux based, robust, and efficient in energy ' elbow hand alone can generate enough power for the operation.

The demand for Internet connectivity is addressed in several ways, including the ' use Wi-Fi, WiMax, 3 g and satellites, as well as fiber, coaxial cable and plain old telephony. Competition, deregulation and the fact that the developing world is today the single telecoms market and new, all perhaps contribute to wider availability, higher bandwidth and, most importantly in these countries, the cost of connectivity.

The proposed solution is a $ 100 laptop: a durable, versatile machine at a price to the developing world can afford. The fact that this was created is actually a remarkable result, the very notion of which until recently was avoided by industry leaders such as impossible.

L ' stronger argument in favor of this cheap laptop idea relies on the Laurel that the greatest heritage of a people are his children, and so social is the highest priority on the education of these children. In all diseases, natural disasters, war and poverty, education characteristics as the main solution to the problem.

Most educators argue that effective learning derives from a fundamental level of personal trivia about a subject, and in a sense, the ability of self-teaching. The key point is not so much what every baby knows so far, it is rather the perspective that they can rely on an issue. And ' known from case studies that the ' network learning, augmented by technology, computer and Internet connection, bears fruit in academic terms.

isease, natural disasters, war and poverty, education characteristics as the main solution to the problem.

Most educators argue that effective learning derives from a fundamental level of personal trivia about a subject, and in a sense, the ability of self-teaching. The key point is not so much what every baby knows so far, it is rather the perspective that they can rely on an issue. And ' known from case studies that the ' network learning, augmented by technology, computer and Internet connection, bears fruit in academic terms.

The ' economy a $ 100 laptop around the following: about half the price of buying a new laptop is taken from the cost of sales, marketing, distribution and, of course, the profit margin always shameless. Sidestepping the entire retail market ' and distribution directly to Governments, without profit aims a huge piece of the price for each model has evaporated.

Physically the most costly aspect ' is on display. L ' using a technology called E-Ink that MIT offers the potential to be as low as 10 cents per square inch and daylight readable offer clear resolution is promising. The processor, memory and power can be dismantled, as the functionality of the machine should not be so advanced beyond surfing, word processing and e-mail, all as open-source software that occupies the skinnier processing resources.

Now it is no doubt that the $ 100 laptop will happen. As regards the question whether it is a good idea? Everything so far says Yes, although sociologists have yet to collect their thesis on this apparently.