Saturday, May 19, 2007

OLPC project on TV's "60 Minutes" this Sunday



Announcement at DesktopLinux.com:
Linux-powered OLPC on "60 Minutes" May 20
CBS TV's "60 Minutes" will feature the Linux-powered OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) device on Sunday, May 20 at 7 p.m. EDT/PDT. Project director Nicholas Negroponte will talk about his dream of putting a laptop computer into the hands of every child as an educational aid.

CBS correspondent Lesley Stahl will report on the project's progress in such countries as Cambodia and Brazil. [...]

That should be interesting. See the link for more details.





Related Links:

One Laptop Per Child News

$100 laptop prototype is here

OLPC: becoming available in America?


UPDATE:

Competition for OLPC: shameful, or good?
Has a link to video of the 60 Minutes broadcast.
     

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