One Laptop Per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte discusses the release and global impact of the XO-1, formerly known as the $100 Laptop, from Uruguay to Afghanistan.
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Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte is founder and chairman of the One Laptop per Child non-profit association. He is currently on leave from MIT, where he was co-founder and director of the MIT Media Laboratory, and the Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Technology.
A graduate of MIT, Negroponte was a pioneer in the field of computer-aided design, and has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1966. Conceived in 1980, the Media Laboratory opened its doors in 1985. He is also author of the 1995 best seller, Being Digital, which has been translated into more than 40 languages.
In the private sector, Negroponte serves on the board of directors for Motorola, Inc. and as general partner in a venture capital firm specializing in digital technologies for information and entertainment. Negroponte has provided start-up funds for more than 40 companies, including Wired magazine.
Great talk, brilliant idea. It would be great to see, if the initiative is maintained, how it affects the long-term future of the kids.
On a side note, Lima is in Peru not in Colombia. I find it shocking that he would commit such a gaffe. If people who make helping third world countries their life's work are so ignorant... is it any wonder things are as they are?