One Laptop Per Child
One Laptop Per Child was a nonprofit organization founded at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] From 2004 to 2014 it made cheap laptops so that poor children in developing countries without as much technology could also use a computer to learn. Their XO laptop had an operating system called sugar based on GNU/Linux. It also ran Windows.[2]
| One Laptop per Child | |
|---|---|
| Formation | January 2005 |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Official languages | Multilingual |
| Chairman | Nicholas Negroponte |
| Key people | Charles Kane, Seymour Papert, Alan Kay |
| Website | www.laptop.org |
Though the project's initial goal of creating a durable laptop that cost only $100 increased to around $188 and the project ultimately was considered a failure, the project spurred widespread global interest and distributed millions of devices.[3]
Since 2014, the organization mainly gives out Chromebooks.
One Laptop Per Child Media
A short video covering OLPC's main mission principles
Thank You from the Children of OLPC
OLPC XO-1 original design proposal
OLPC XO-1 laptop in e-book mode
A second generation prototype came with a crank that proved unviable.
100 dollar laptop: production prototype
XO-3 concept
XO-3 production model
OLE Nepal, One Laptop Per Child image from Nepal
References
- ↑ A Blurry Vision: Reconsidering the Failure of the One Laptop Per Child Initiative | Writing Program (in en). www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Windows - OLPCWiki.laptop.org. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ↑ Boylan, Chris. One Laptop Per Child, 20 Years Later: A Project with a Purpose and a Legacy (in en). Information Display 41 (1) (2025). p. 34–37. doi:10.1002/msid.1552.
