THE COLLECTION
One Laptop per Child (USA, est. 2005), Nicholas Negroponte (American, born 1943), Rebecca Allen (American, born 1953), Mary Lou Jepsen (American, born 1965), Mark Foster (American, born 1960), Michail Bletsas (Greek, born 1967), V. Michael Bove (American, born 1960), Yves Béhar (Swiss, born 1967), Bret Recor (American, born 1974), fuseproject (USA, est. 1999), Jacques Gagné (Canadian, born 1959), Gecko Design (USA, est. 1996), Colin Bulthaup (American, born 1976), Squid Labs (USA, est. 2004), John Hutchinson (South African, born 1952), Freeplay Energy Plc. (South Africa, est. 1996), Quanta (Taiwan, est. 1988)
XO Laptop from the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project
- Manufacturer:
- Quanta
- Date:
- 2005-ongoing
- Medium:
- PC/ABS plastic, rubber, and other materials
- Dimensions:
- 9 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/8" (24.1 x 22.9 x 2.9 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Pentagram Design
- MoMA Number:
- 447.2008.1
Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
July 29–November 5, 2012
The XO Laptop is an inexpensive computer for children in the developing world. It was specifically adapted to the needs and habits of children: it is the size of a textbook and lighter than a lunch box, with soft edges, a handle, and a rubber keyboard; it is recyclable, drop-proof, splash-proof, and dustproof; it can be manually recharged; and its wireless antennae resemble playful rabbit ears. More than seven hundred thousand of these laptops, many of them equipped with the innovative and child-friendly interface Sugar, have been distributed to schools in Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Libya, Mexico, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, Thailand, and Uruguay. A newer model, XOXO, was developed with feedback from children and released in 2010.
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