Not long ago, the "$100" computer project led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nicholas Negroponte was put into practice. Last week, the "$100" notebook was formally distributed to students in developing countries, and Uruguay became the first stop. Negroponte created the OLPC foundation in 2005, and has been committed to the development of XO notebook computers, also known as $100 computers.
The OLPC organization hopes to sell these notebook computers to governments in developing countries, which would then provide them to students at schools.
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Last year, Nicholas Negroponte promoted the "$100 computer" in China. According to his introduction, the $100 computer is based on the Linux operating system, has a dual-mode display, has wireless local area network access capabilities, connects to the Internet through it, and consumes very little power overall. The biggest feature of this computer is that there is also an external hand-cranked power generation device. Children in impoverished areas without electricity can also use the hand-cranked power generation method to make the computer run. "Crank for one minute, and the computer can run for ten minutes," Nicholas Negroponte told reporters.