david stanek's digressions

The first day's keynote described a project called One Laptop Per Child. Ivan Krsti? gave a very inspiring presentation. The idea is to create low cost, highly cool hardward that can be distributed to countries where children have less access to information. The laptop is not designed for M$ Office type applications, but rather applications of learning. I want one for my kids! I have been debating wether or not I want to buy my 5 year old a new laptop. This would be a great alternative. Unfortunately they are a non-profit and are not yet ready to commercialize this. On the other hand I have been inspired enough to want to help develop the Python software that powers the device. Now it is just a matter of finding the time...