OLPC Project- Wiki Site

As I was searching the wiki sites, this one regarding technology jumped out at me. I figured that I wouldn't be the only student interested in the "One Laptop Per Child"(OLPC) non-profit organization. Before posting, I quickly scanned the entries and saw a duplicate. But, believing in the true spirit of "wikis" providing an outlet to encourage many viewpoints from various contributors, I'm going to share my response to this site. I haven't read the other entry, so I apologize in advance for any redundancy! I was totally intrigued by this humanitarian project. We had read about the Maine laptop project, but this one is global and on the cutting edge. Nicholas Negroponte, an MIT professor has devised a project to provide a laptop for every child on the planet, including developing and impoverished countries. Now, that's a pretty big undertaking. However, in the last two years he is closer to his dream. With the cooperation of Google and countless contributors, engineers, and volunteers, working in every capacity possible, they have developed a one hundred dollar laptop that is rugged, has WiFi with 2-3 times improved range, and a battery lasting 10-12 hours. According to the OLPC Project,their five core principles are child ownership, low ages, saturation, connection, and a free and open source. This is a definite step in closing digital divides! This web site consists of 4,178 collaborative notes, two thousand files, and two thousand or more registered contributors.The advantage of having the site in wiki is that it allows constant up to the minute updates. It encourages world-wide participation in terms of feedback, donations, and involvement. The open response areas allow concerns, questions, deliberation, and information, to be shared that may otherwise not be expressed, or have a forum available. The project is only in the testing phase at this time,but the global involvement and positive energy contributed, will launch this program into possibly becoming a reality. Who would have ever envisioned a dream of such magnitude?


Link: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Home