Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Developing nations test $150 laptops

From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide this month--reading electronic books, shooting digital video, creating music and chatting with classmates online. Founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology academics, the non-profit "One Laptop per Child" project will roll out <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070212/tc_nm/onelaptop_dc">nearly 2,500 of its $150-laptops</A> to eight nations in February. The experiment is a prelude to mass production of the kid-friendly, lime-green-and-white laptops scheduled to begin in July, when five million will be built.

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