@article {182, title = {Child-Centric Laptop to Help Address Social Needs}, journal = {Open Source Business Resource}, year = {2008}, month = {09/2008}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, type = {Articles}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {The One Laptop Per Child Foundation, founded by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte and a team of educators, developers and technologists, was launched in 2005 to design, manufacture and distribute laptop computers that are affordable enough to provide every child in the world with access to new channels of learning. Known as the XO, the little green-and-white US$188 laptop has since gone on to introduce computer literacy and self-empowered learning to children in countries and environments previously considered inaccessible. It{\textquoteright}s also an example of social innovation, where companies like Nortel are leveraging novel approaches-including open source software development-to drive change that will benefit society.}, issn = {1913-6102}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/182}, author = {John Roese} }