XO computer docked in Uruguay

Cheap laptops carry the first XO label of the ambitious project A computer for a student provides the opportunity to use computers for millions of students in developing countries by Nicholas Negroponte, Director of the Department Media experiments from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) started in 2005, reaching out to the students of Uruguay.

The government has earmarked a budget of $ 15 million to fund schools equipped with computers for $ 175 each.

The Villa Cardal primary school with 1,300 students who have never used computers before is the reception of the above-mentioned laptops for school classes, for these students to be exposed to the digital age. . It is a town located far from the capital Montevideo to the south with dairy farming being the main business of farmers.

These computers are designed to operate with a fairly low energy consumption index, while still ensuring 1 GB of RAM, an attached wireless network connection with the battery for time. Use 12 hours and a screen that allows reading both in the room and outdoors. With these computers, students can chat and exchange knowledge to learn and share files and collect useful information on the network if the computer is accessed on the network.

The small South American country of Uruguay is one of dozens of developing countries of goodwill signing to participate in receiving computer supplies from this project. Among the sponsors for the program are Red Hat, Google and News Corp.

The Uruguayan government is determined to achieve its goal from now to 2009 and will have enough XO computers available for all students and their students to use.

For the partners participating in the project, the goal is to lower the price of this computer to 100 USD and even someday it will be only 50 USD / unit.

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