MIT’s $100 Poles For Fishing Knowledge

0 comments

Posted on 18th March 2005 by Judy Breck in Mobile & Ubiquitous

The plans are described here being pursued at MIT’s Media Lab to produce $100 wireless laptops for school kids in developing countries . The concept is large scale: shipping 200 million in 2007 may be possible and the price will be kept down by accepting orders not larger than 1 million units. The under $100 per unit will come in as less than the cost of textbooks for its student owner during the useable life of a laptop. Every kid who gets a laptop will receive a pole for fishing knowledge out of the golden swamp.