Preview: next sunday 60 minutes is about the OLPC

Lesley Stahl discusses her "60 Minutes" report on MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte, whose dream is to put a laptop into the hands of every child as an educational aid.

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[turduckens4u]

I idea is great but short sighted IMO. The countries that will be using these are war stricken and just as with the food and medical aid sent to these countries, the laptops "with no network or net access for the most part" will be stolen and sold on the black market even one the rare chance they get to the children who really need them. I wish it would work but I dont see it happening and thats a shame.

[Charbax]

Sure, none of the 5 billion people who don't have the Internet can have use of a cheaper lower power sunlight readable laptop. Cause all those 5 billion people need food so they will all have their laptops stolen on the black market.

[alextop30]

Ok I really like the idea, not to be the pessimist of the world but here is something that shows this not viable. In Africa - subsaharan afrcia there is almost no electricity - what do u need a lap top for when u cannot plug it in. Second no Starbucks meaning no free wifi so its just a laptop which you can play games on.

[Charbax]

OLPC can be solar and hand powered. OLPC could connect to the Internet for free using 700mhz, WiMax and satellite Internet connections.

[jpuert]

I just believe that priority is peace, food, water, land... Give a Somalian children the chance to choice between constant food supplies or a laptop... I believe he will choose the laptop, is obvious!

Am not against this "project", maybe in U.S. are billions of childrens without enough money to buy a laptop... but they eat... they go to school... so for this kids, I agree, is a good project. For others kids in the world, the really poor ones, the efforts will go in others ways...don´t u think?

[Charbax]

As for children in starving countries, I don't think it makes sense to say that they don't deserve to have better education. You can't just say only food or only education. Children should have both. The Laptop and Internet makes it possible for Children to have opportunity to learn everything about anything. So it's really useful for education no matter what. So of course Bill Gates should give them food and vaccines, but they also need good education, and OLPC is cheapest way to get education.

[LESLIEPANTYHO]

i am wearing black TIGHTS

[sweenykim]

she is a badger, Annoying & TOO pushy!

[jpuert]

At least, I agree with this comment in 100%...

The solutions must be many at the same time... To solve the problem of food, of potable water, more and better education, peace (i mean, if you r in the middle of a war, how can u study?), medicine... and, in this scenary, of course the laptops r a good project... because is better to teach a kid how to use windows, linux, ms office, hotmail, google than how to use ak´s, mines, and all this war inventions.

[Charbax]

I think the laptop is important for all kids, no difference if you have food or not. But I do think kids with food are a better target for it of course. For example in China, there are probably 500 million kids that live close by really cheap ADSL technology, but only 100 million of them have access to the Internet, most of them don't own their own computer, so have to share computer at school or netcafe. That's not the same experience at all.