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Negroponte Offers to Collaborate with India on $35 Tablet
Aug 03, 2010
One Laptop Per Child project founder wants to help the country realize their tablet efforts.
Nicholas Negroponte, project founder of One Laptop Per Child, offered to collaborate with India's Ministry of Human Resource Development to realize the country's aspirations for a US$ 35 laptop. OLPC has had a checkered relationship with the MHRD, which initially rejected the OLPC initiative saying, “It would be impossible to justify an expenditure of this scale on a debatable scheme when public funds continue to be in inadequate supply for well-established needs listed in different policy documents," the ministry said.
Negroponte's offer is being viewed by many as an attempt at collaboration, something OLPC has failed to adopt in the past. Negroponte has said that competition would hurt the OLPC initiative, but he now seems more willing to embrace competitors.
India's US$ 35 laptop is currently unnamed. The device was developed by students and teachers at The Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, Mumbai, Chennai and Kharagpur and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. It was built on open source technologies and features a Web browser, a multimedia player, PDF reader, Wi-Fi connectivity, and video conferencing capabilities.
(Trevan McGee)
Comments
Re: Yeah Right!
Trevan McGee
Aug 05, 2010 7:16pm GMT
Good news all around.
Yeah right!
Fani
Aug 05, 2010 5:57pm GMT
In other news, Elvis is back in Graceland, computers cost $35 and food is now free.
Comments
Re: Yeah Right!
Trevan McGee Aug 05, 2010 7:16pm GMT
Good news all around.Yeah right!
Fani Aug 05, 2010 5:57pm GMT
In other news, Elvis is back in Graceland, computers cost $35 and food is now free.