this is incredible. beautifully designed, and an amazing way to connect and educate children who might otherwise not be able to. yves behar was the head designer, and when asked why was high design (a luxury in western society) so important for this 'cheap' laptop? he spoke about how the sense of ownership and pride is just as important in the success of the laptop.
"OLPC is new experiment in socially responsible design, in which a nonprofit organization harnesses cutting-edge personal technologies and distributes them on an unprecedented scale." (quoted from)
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I can't recall now if this is the one where they have a small crank on the side that you can turn to manually generate power for the laptop. I've been reading quite a bit about this and must say they've really pushed the edge of innovation with this simple device, in many aspects.
One thing, though, that I do recall is that this laptop had doubled in price since its original estimation. Still, it's pretty cheap and quite nice. I'm sure the price really comes down to the economy of scale... so hopefully they will sell a huge amount.
fyi-it does have a crank for the side.
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