Negroponte: 10 years after only $50 laptop

"I think, want to make every child access to education, is to give each child a computer. This is a very shameful thing charges." In March 31st, by the Tsinghua University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sponsored the twenty-first Century digital learning forum, the fame of the media lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology founder Negroponte says for "digital life" and advocate.

In this forum, Negroponte put forward a new concept of digital learning. In his view, the city and rural difference, the education of children also produced the "digital divide", and "a child, a laptop computer" event will completely change the status quo, "the great cause will fundamentally subvert the traditional way of learning".

And even more incredible, this laptop designed specifically for children, the price will not exceed $100, and can be put into commercial mass production. Professor Negroponte, Professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, media lab director, although already 80 years old, but in order to promote this activity, also came to Beijing to participate in the forum. Simon expects, this is specifically designed for children notebook, in the next 10 years, the price may be only $50".

10 years ago, the emperor Gepang Nello had published "shuozihuashengcun", proposed "computing is not just about the computer, it determines our life", and that the digital life represents a way of life, attitude to life and all the time with the computer company, "in the vastness of the universe, the digital life can make each people become more accessible, let the weak loneliness can make their voices heard".

Now, the emperor Gepang Nello "digital life" social theory has been verified one by one, network has been widely used in every corner of people's life deeply.

However, the "digital learning" can be like "digital survival" as confirmed?

Chinese, academician of the Academy of Engineering Institute of computing researcher Ni Guangnan in exchange with reporters, "a child, a laptop computer, this is not a dream, from a technical point of view, there is no problem, but the low price and the grim situation facing the education, will let people full of expectations for the charity".

In order to implement the "one child, a laptop computer", Negroponte and Simon and other experts launched the OLPC Organization (meaning a child a laptop computer). Although the organization started by the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gate laughed at, "that the notebook computer for $100 is impossible; but this idea at the same time, Negroponte also got Google, AMD, donor. The first $20 million is in place, although there is still a big gap between the funds needed.

It is understood that this made specifically for children using a notebook, and a lot of energy saving application of patented technology, so that the cost is greatly reduced; most mainstream notebook computer using Microsoft operating system, and the hardware and software system according to relevant standards, so it is considered to be a closed black box". And this kind of children's notebook using open hardware and software system, white box, all the software does not need to spend a penny, and can be applied on this basis.

As the organizer of the forum, Saybot information technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. CEO Pan Pengkai revealed that Negroponte chose to China, but also to the government in the lobby China public welfare activities, "the plan is to benefit children, Thailand, Brazil and other countries has been in operation since this thing".

In Negroponte seems, for the children to buy a laptop is a matter of government, rather than children's own thing. Only in this way, through advanced technology, through the notebook, in order to change the unfairness of children's education.

According to the plan, the children's notebook will be officially launched in the next year, the first batch of 10 million units of production, will all take the public give way to Chinese, India, Brazil, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria and Thailand and other countries in the hands of children. "Education is a global problem that requires a huge change, not a gradual change." Negroponte predicted that in 10 years, the world will inevitably enter the era of digital learning. "Our study will be carried out in a completely different way from the past, and will no longer rely on schools."