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One Laptop per Child
Manufacturer Quanta
Not on view
One Laptop per Child was founded by an MIT professor who introduced a laptop computer that he believed could be produced for $100. OLPC anticipated manufacturing and distributing 150 million laptops in order to transform education in the developing world. For a variety of reasons, OLPC did not meet its goals. One study concluded that this was due to the failure of the computer programs to adapt to the context and customs of intended users. The colorful hardware and friendly robot-like articulations of the XO Laptop certainly take a cue from Sottsass’s innovations with the Valentine typewriter. Where Sottsass failed to make an inexpensive product, due to an uncompromising manufacturer, OLPC managed to reach an incredibly low price point.
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