OLPC XO

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Class

Invention

Domain

Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

The OLPC XO (colloquially known as $100 Laptop, Children's Machine, 2B1) is a low cost laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world, to provide them with access to knowledge, and opportunities to "explore, experiment and express themselves" (constructionist learning).

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Image: Photo credit: "Mike McGregor"; upload to OLPC-Wiki: OLPC user "Walter", CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.