Changing the world, one laptop at a time
When Nicholas Negroponte mooted the idea of a US$100 laptop four years ago, he was met with scepticism. Undaunted, he and his team signed up partners and sponsors. Today, the end product, once described as “impossible”, is said to be inspiration behind netbooks. However, technological advancement wa...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | text |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
2009
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/384 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1383&context=ksmu |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Institution: | Singapore Management University |
| Language: | English |
| id |
sg-smu-ink.ksmu-1383 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
dspace |
| spelling |
sg-smu-ink.ksmu-13832018-07-09T05:03:43Z Changing the world, one laptop at a time Knowledge@SMU When Nicholas Negroponte mooted the idea of a US$100 laptop four years ago, he was met with scepticism. Undaunted, he and his team signed up partners and sponsors. Today, the end product, once described as “impossible”, is said to be inspiration behind netbooks. However, technological advancement was not the driving force behind the XO, as this laptop is called. Negroponte was motivated, instead, by the educational needs of developing nations, seeing that a large number of children in these countries receive little or no education. But just how far can inexpensive laptops go to address the needs of poverty-stricken communities? 2009-09-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/384 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1383&context=ksmu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Knowledge@SMU eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business Technology and Innovation |
| institution |
Singapore Management University |
| building |
SMU Libraries |
| country |
Singapore |
| collection |
InK@SMU |
| language |
English |
| topic |
Business Technology and Innovation |
| spellingShingle |
Business Technology and Innovation Knowledge@SMU Changing the world, one laptop at a time |
| description |
When Nicholas Negroponte mooted the idea of a US$100 laptop four years ago, he was met with scepticism. Undaunted, he and his team signed up partners and sponsors. Today, the end product, once described as “impossible”, is said to be inspiration behind netbooks. However, technological advancement was not the driving force behind the XO, as this laptop is called. Negroponte was motivated, instead, by the educational needs of developing nations, seeing that a large number of children in these countries receive little or no education. But just how far can inexpensive laptops go to address the needs of poverty-stricken communities? |
| format |
text |
| author |
Knowledge@SMU |
| author_facet |
Knowledge@SMU |
| author_sort |
Knowledge@SMU |
| title |
Changing the world, one laptop at a time |
| title_short |
Changing the world, one laptop at a time |
| title_full |
Changing the world, one laptop at a time |
| title_fullStr |
Changing the world, one laptop at a time |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Changing the world, one laptop at a time |
| title_sort |
changing the world, one laptop at a time |
| publisher |
Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University |
| publishDate |
2009 |
| url |
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/384 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1383&context=ksmu |
| _version_ |
1681132857383190528 |