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laplet

The children's laptop from One Laptop per Child is a potent learning tool created expressly for the world’s poorest children living in its most remote environments.

The laptop was designed collaboratively by experts from both academia and industry, bringing to bear both extraordinary talent and many decades of collective field experience in every aspect of this non-profit humanitarian project.

The result is a flexible, ultra low-cost, power-efficient, responsive, and durable machine with which nations of the emerging world can leapfrog decades of development—immediately transforming the content and quality of their children’s learning. Leaving a big impact on children’s way of learning, the XO laptops have undoubtedly changed the lives of innumerable young minds with a desire to learn.

Prof Negroponte started his movement as One Laptop per Child less than a decade ago. In the beginning a laptop for every child had the shock value and made people stop and think. But what he created is both a laptop and tablet. Several policy planners realized that calling it a laptop did not do justice to it and deflected them from the central question of education.

To the extent that Prof Negropnte has to announce that "OLPC is not a laptop project. Its an education project".

Laplet is a laptop that is both a laptop and a tablet. It meets the computing needs of a child's education 360 degrees. Unlike a laptop, its not just good for offices. Unlike a tablet, its more general purpose and versatile. Laplet is not a market driven branded name and may help policy planners think of education while thinking Laplets.

Hardware

The Ideal Solution for India.The XO is a powerful learning too,l ideally suited for children in India who live in some of the most remote environments. It flexible, ultra-low-cost, power-efficient, responsive, and durable. It has been devised keeping tough Indian conditions in mind. read more

software

We want the child to interact with the Laplet on as deep a level as he or she desires. Children program the machine, not the other way around. read more

interface

The Laplet has a user interface that graphically embraces the spirit of the network. It is all about community and collaboration—working and playing together to learn, create and communicate.. read more

Design

This is a very distinctive machine; rugged, durable, and child-friendly, inside and out. read more

getting started

Place the Laplet with the XO icon face up and with the handle facing away. read more