The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) charity organization has ambitious plans for its latest netbook design. Earlier this month, the organization announced its plans to create the impossibly thin OLPC XO-3 tablet in two years time. Now OLPC is hoping to distribute the XO-3 touchscreen laptop to impoverished children around the globe by the year 2012. Note: the projected price range of the device is less than a hundred dollars.
The original OLPC XO netbook is already out in the market and has been distributed to 1.4 million children in 35 different countries. The charity's new creation will have a 9-inch touchscreen and will contain neither a mouse nor keyboard. It is also planned to be extremely sturdy and run an ARM processor.
If the success of its XO netbook is any indicator, OLPC will likely reach its goal and continue to provide valuable education to children who otherwise would not have the opportunity.
Via TechWatch, image via Guardian.
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