Monday, September 24, 2007

REFLECTION QUESTION #10

Q: Summary of what you read.

A: The One Laptop Per Child project had planned to build over 100 million laptops per year and give them away for free to those poor countries. There was also a "Give 1 Get 1" program, which each time an American buy a laptop, another laptop will be donated to a child in another country. The cost per laptop is now $200 but they hope by the end of 2009 they could reduce the price to $100. This green laptop was designed to withstand a drop from 5 feet, frozen in refrigerators, and heated in ovens at 140 degrees in high humidity. This laptop also can powered by solar powers.

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