I don’t have time right now for a full update, but I just HAD to post a link to this article. Apparently, a Nigerian-owned company called LANCOR has filed a lawsuit against Nicholas Negroponte and the OLPC Association for patent infringement regarding “Multilingual Keyboard Technology.” This is very disturbing news. If LANCOR […]
Well, since this Monday is the first day of XOGiving, (and also my birthday =P), the initiative that will allow consumers to spend $399 to send an OLPC laptop to a child in the “developing world,” and as a bonus, get one sent to yourself as well, I figured it’s about time to write about […]
from the site:
Our mission is to provide a means for learning, self-expression and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education. While children are by nature eager for knowledge, many countries have insufficient resources to devote to education—sometimes less than $20 a year per child. […]
