From the time of its inception, the project of providing one Laptop per child has managed to catch my imagination. It is my belief that a computer will bring the best from within a child and will give growth to its imagination. The only hurdle of providing a computer to every child is the obvious cost factor. And this exciting project spearheaded by MIT could be the corner stone for change in the way children see learning.
Ars Technica writes that MIT one laptop per child project has finally got a name and will be known as Childrens Machine 1 (CM1). But the name is not the only aspect that has changed. The laptop will be scaled up to provide a 400Mhz AMD Geode processor, 128 MB of DRAM, built-in wireless support and 512 MB flash memory storage. The down side is that it is no longer the $100 laptop project as the price has climbed slightly to $140.
Those who keep track of this illustrious project will recall that this laptop is available for sale only to governments and only at a minimum order of 1 million pieces or more. OLPC team runs a wiki giving all the latest news about this project and the progress it is making in achieving its goal.
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