Posts Tagged ‘XO Laptop’

OLPC shows off XO 3.0 tablet concept

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

One Laptop Per Child has unveiled its latest concept of a future XO laptop, the XO 3.0.

The 3.0 is more of a tablet than a laptop, and it’s $75 projected price undercuts OLPC’s as-yet-unrealized $100 goal for the first XO by $25. The tablet would feature a screen courtesy of ex-OLPCer Mary Lou Jepsen’s display technology startup Pixel Qi.

The tablet looks pretty fancy, but it’s just a concept with a target date of 2012. Last month, the Cambridge-based nonprofit killed plans for its similar-except-foldable XO 2.0. Also, founder Nick Negroponte told Forbes, “”We don’t necessarily need to build it. We just need to threaten to build it.” So you might not want to hold your breath.

OLPC tests bike-powered XO laptop in Afghanistan

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
OLPC photo

OLPC photo

One Laptop Per Child tested a bike pedal-powered version of its XO laptop in Afghanistan yesterday.

The nonprofit took the XO’s usual handcrank and connected it to a desk with bicycle pedals, to make it easier to charge the computer while using it.

While they’re at it, let’s get OLPC to attach one of these things to every computer — people might start thinking about what they put on the Twitter/Facebook/YouTube/whatever else the kids are using — if they had to take a bike ride first. But then again, probably not.

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