merryweather20
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 17, 2007
The OLPC(one laptop per child) Project essentially takes the approach of "Teach a man to fish..." As I understand it, the wireless would be available via the schools. And the laptop can run both on electric/battery as well as by hand(a crank or foot pedal).
But teaching a man to fish is practical, they can get themselves a fish, and they won't be hungry.
This is more give a child a computer and hope the wifi works, hope it doesn't break, hope the free laptops aren't targeted for theft and hope they learn something.
As for the foot pedal and hand-crank they were removed and replaced with solar cells, that they hope will work.