One Laptop per Child charity: 9 Year Old's Test Run

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The makers and investors wanted to see if the OLPC computer would really fly and engage children or be a waste of time and money that could be better spent elsewhere. * One of the creators of the program gave it to his son with out explaining the inner workings of the computer or anything, he wanted to see if the boy could figure out how to run it for himself. * The test drive worked. The 9 year old boy who had no experience with anything but game consoles was computing and chatting with other children, drawing, creating music, using the calculator, writing, and doing rudimentary surfing. * The BBC story is here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7140443.stm http://www.laptop.org/