“Nicholas Negroponte, chairman and founder of MIT’s Media Labs, says he is developing a laptop PC that will go on sale for less than $100 (£53).” (via BBC)

To get the hardware into this low price-range, obviously major modifications and/or deletions must be made. The laptop would be stripped-down to a bare minimum, feature Linux as the operating system (no Windows licensing fees) and feature a yet-to-be-developed rear-projection technology for the screen.

The laptop is targetted at developing countries, but of course, has tremendous implications for schools, even considering this is meant to be more of a ‘electronic notebook’ than say a multimedia powerhouse.

I also do remember a while back hearing about the Simputer … similar concept, but more of a handheld it seems. I think this sounds even more ambitious.