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Everywhere and nowhere. I thought they helped inspire the current round of affordable computers (chromebooks, phones, cheap laptops, pi, etc)?
by neolefty 8y ago
Everywhere and nowhere. I thought they helped inspire the current round of affordable computers (chromebooks, phones, cheap laptops, pi, etc)?
- ansible 8y agoIndeed it did. The XO started a wave a new, cheap computing that saw the Asus EEE PC 401 as the start of commercial products in this new category, and really got going with tablet computers around 2010.
- pasbesoin 8y agoYep. I'm still waiting on my transflective screen, though. And on world education. But hey, these people tried to create a solution. How many people talk and talk, but never do anything? And even if they didn't succeed as originally intended, all you people typing on your oh-so thin and light ultrabooks, can thank OLPC for helping get the ball rolling.
- neolefty 8y agoWorld education is gradually improving! It's a combination of processes of human development and technological aids. Rather than look for a complete solution, I look for whether the situation is improving. Because it's true that most peoples' lives are still depressingly non-optimal! For example this graph of literacy over the last 25 years (under the heading "Regional Disparities"): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy#Regional_disparities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy#Regional_disparities