One Laptop Per Child Project

Well not quite $100, in fact closer to $200, but still a breakthrough in a technology to make connectivity more universally available worldwide.



"From BBC New at bbc.co.uk/click_online"

'The engineers who designed the energy efficient laptop have thrown out a whole host of conventional ideas in order to produce a computer that will be useful in nations where electricity is in short supply.'

But is technological advance such as this the real answer to education in a world debilitated by drought and famine and ravaged by war and violence? Will it help or could the energy being pored into such projects harvest better fruit being channeled into solving more basic needs? Do projects such as this make us feel better because we are giving what we already have?