OLPC XO-1: The $100 Laptop (That Wasn't) (Patreon)

OLPC XO-1: The $100 Laptop (That Wasn't)

Technology -- and the access to information that it brings -- has long been considered a huge benefit to education. An organization with lofty goals and noble intent tried to change the world with a $100 laptop, but found out the hard way that doing so is much more complicated than it seems. Sources: Mess of AC adapters photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO#/media/File:OLPC_laptop_charging.JPG Solar panel photo: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:XO_and_SolarGorilla.jpg Clamp charger photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FreeplayClampCharger.jpg Steve Jobs photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP2.jpg Nicholas Negroponte photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicholas_Negroponte_USNA_20090415_cropped.jpg "The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality", The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2005. OLPC with Windows XP boot screen photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nirak/2366816727 "Microsoft to Try Windows XP Out on OLPC in January," https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/PCWorld/story?id=3960505 Asus EeePC photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asus_Eee_PC_1001PX_netbook_20180326.jpg Engadget XO-1.5 article: https://www.engadget.com/2009-04-18-xo-generation-1-5-promises-some-beefed-up-internals-while-we-wai.html XO-1.5 motherboard photo: http://wiki.laptop.org/images/9/93/XO-1.5_Motherboard_Bottom_C1.jpg XO-1.75 laptop photo: http://wiki.laptop.org/images/e/e2/XO-1.75_siblings.jpg XO-1.75 laptop photo: http://blog.laptop.org/2012/09/04/are-you-working-with-xo-laptops-that-need-an-upgrade/xo-1-75-2/ The Verge article about the XO-4: https://www.theverge.com/2013/1/6/3844532/olpc-xo-4-convertible-linux-laptop-pictures-video Psivewri's XO-4 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvXeq_wkWwI Nicholas Negroponte TED talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on "The Charisma Machine" by Morgan Ames: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/charisma-machine ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Please consider supporting my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisdoesnotcompute Follow me on Twitter and Instagram! @thisdoesnotcomp ----------------------------------------­------------------------------------- Music by Epidemic Sound (https://www.epidemicsound.com). Intro music by BoxCat Games (http://www.box-cat.com).