Glimpsing Nigeria's digital lifeline (BBC) {One Laptop Per Child}

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By Jonathan Fildes
Science and technology reporter, BBC News
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The school was given around 300 of the low-cost laptops along with a satellite internet link known as VSAT, a power generator and solar panels. The idea was to see if the machines would survive the ultimate test: children.

"We wanted to bring the laptops to an environment where the kids would drop it, put it in water and do everything you wouldn't want to do to a normal laptop," explained Ayo Kusamotu, a lawyer and volunteer with OLPC Nigeria, an independent group set-up to support OLPC in Nigeria.
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"We've actually learned a lot from that trial - really simple things that are almost mundane but important," explained Walter Bender of OLPC.
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The children - most of whom had never seen a computer before March - have clearly embraced the green and white machines.

Even before entering the school grounds, visitors are accosted by hordes of animated children waving their laptops, eager to show what they can do with them.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7115348.stm

A lot of 'real world' lessons in the article.

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1. Pr0n for the proletariat!

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2. So they can send out even more e-mail

saying that they have $10 million dollars in an account, and you should send them $1000 immediately to get your share.