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THURSDAY, NOV 17, 2005 |
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UN debut for $100 laptop for poor
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Nicholas Negroponte wants to make millions of the machines |
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A prototype of a cheap and robust laptop for pupils has been welcomed as an "expression of global solidarity" by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The green machine was showcased for the first time by MIT's Nicholas Negroponte at the UN net summit in Tunis. He plans to have millions of $100 machines in production within a year. The laptops are powered with a wind-up crank, have very low power consumption and will let children interact with each other while learning. |
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