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OLPC: Negroponte getting USD100 laptop ready for delivery

By ⋅ 23-October-2006 at 7:19 (UTC) ⋅ Post a comment

Nicholas Negroponte’s OLPC project is taking up speed with selected manufacturer Quanta Computer now having started the test production of the low-cost laptop intended for students and children in developing countries. Initial test run outputs should be available next month. Quanta has earlier selected its new plant in Changshu, China to produce the computer and [...]


Interactive Map: World’s Most Polluted Places

By ⋅ 18-October-2006 at 19:30 (UTC) ⋅ 4 comments

The Blacksmith Institute has created a list and interactive map of the Top-10 worlds worst polluted places. The list was compiled with the help of a technical advisory board including experts from John Hopkins, Hunter College and Harvard University. The Top-10 were selected from more then 300 potential sites by evaluating where human health is [...]


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