Digital Divide II: One Laptop per Child Update

(Click here for more photos of kids enjoying their new OLPC laptops.)

On May 11th, I wrote about the digital divide and mentioned a nonprofit organization called One Laptop per Child. Today, I learned that OLPC has decided to provide tablets instead of laptops in order to reduce costs while customizing the technology to the needs that arise from each country's environment. Some people believe that OLPC's goals are unrealistic and not as important as other problems these kids may deal with. You decide. Click here to see the tablet prototype.