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Silas Marner
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Building a laptop for $100

10/13/2005 11:21 AM

Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of MIT's Media Lab believes laptop computers can be built for as little as $100 by eliminating profits, expensive displays, and commercial software. He hopes that this will enable governments in poor countries to provide free computers for their children.

Click here for the interview where he talks about how this can be done.

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Great Idea

10/13/2005 4:42 PM

This is a great idea. It would be especially nice if there was a way to donate old computers specifically for this purpose.
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10/14/2005 8:00 AM

Not sure where you are Moose. I have heard of a couple of individuals and small companies/charities in the UK who recycle old computers for use by other charities and "the underpriviledged".

Our company gets rid of its old stuff to one such company.

With the advent of the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulation coming into force in Europe next June, this would become quite a lucrative operation - since disposing of old computers as controlled waste is going to be expensive

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10/14/2005 9:56 AM

Thanks for the information, English Rose. I'm in the U.S., but will look for like-minded charities on this side of the pond. Sounds like the advent of WEEE presents a good opportunity to make a buck (or a pound or Euro, as the case may be). Hopefully, the profit motive will ensure the success of this environmental effort.
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