{"id":585,"date":"2005-09-29T15:58:42","date_gmt":"2005-09-29T20:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studytools.psych.und.nodak.edu\/wordpress\/?p=585"},"modified":"2005-10-04T15:25:58","modified_gmt":"2005-10-04T20:25:58","slug":"100-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/29\/100-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"$100 Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Months ago, I commented on the plans of Nicholas Negroponte (MIT) to develop a $100 laptop (<a href=\"http:\/\/studytools.psych.und.nodak.edu\/wordpress\/?p=428\">link<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p>CNET is now carrying an <a href=\"http:\/\/beta.news.com.com\/The+100+laptop+moves+closer+to+reality\/2100-1044_3-5884683.html\">update<\/a> on that story. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s an education project, not a laptop project. 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