Archive for August 23, 2008

Remember the One Laptop Per Child Project which produced the XO Laptop? Well, some may not remember this project anymore as it seemed to have never really made it big (commercially, although it was never really made for that purpose anyway). Until now, when it may have finally reached its dictum – that is providing one laptop per child, well at least in the small island of Niue in the South Pacific. In fact, said island becomes the first nation in the world to have issued one laptop to all its children.

But of course, having one laptop per child member of the country in Niue is not all that impossible, Niue only got around 500 children in its population base – so that makes up for a total of 500 OLPC XO laptop distribution.

Interestingly, although the XO laptop was designed for school children aged 6-12 only, even high school students in Niue were given the said laptop. And interestingly again, even though the island was small, all the inhabitants are said to gave free internet access. Wow! I could go on a vacation there anytime and never miss a single day’s post here at Eee PC Blog!

Anyway, hopefully these 500 laptops can do wonders to the kids in Niue. That may take them away from the beaches for quite awhile. Although if I were them, I’d still prefer to spend my day “”unconnected.”

Via Yahoo News

Photo Credits Niue Site

A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.

OLPC Laptop Goes on Vacation in Niue Island