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Computers

Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2

7:18AM John Herrman | It has always been an unspoken fear — or assumption, even — that the dual touchscreen followup to the original OLPC, the XO-2, would never come to pass. But we let the dream live! Until today. The XO-2 is officially scrapped. More »
Computers

Pedal-Powered OLPC Being Tested In Afghanistan

12:50AM Danny Allen | OLPC’s Give One Get One initiative has delivered around 11,000 XO-1 laptops to Afghanistan schools alone. But power is a problem when you get off the grid, so the team there has had to think outside the box. More »
Design

Microwaved OLPC Gets Moulded Into A Scary Sushi Slug

4:00AM Sean Fallon | Kenny Irwin is an artist with a strange medium—microwaved plastic. His latest creation started out as an OLPC, but ended up looking like a slug made out of sushi. Did I mention that you could actually own this thing? More »