| Making Uruguay's 300,000 Laptops Count - Part I |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Engineering a single laptop to serve the educational needs of young students throughout the developing world is no easy feat. Designers at MIT's Media Lab needed to keep the cost of the machine well below $200, and yet it required many of the same features that owners of traditional laptops have come to expect: a wireless internet connection, USB ports, a color display, a built-in webcam, and a processor powerful enough to record and render video files. |
| Source: Global Voices Online (MA-USA) | Published: June 3rd, 2009 |
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