Hundred Dollar Laptop Program Extended

The $399 promotion that allows a person to purchase a $188 computer and donate a second to a child in a developing country has been extended until the end of the year. The “Give One, Get One” is the brainchild of Nicholas Negroponte and is part of the nonprofit effort called the “One Laptop Per Child Program” from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The original concept of designing a $100 laptop failed to meet the price mark so the donation concept became a way for a child in such countries as Rwanda, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti and Mongolia to receive such a device free.

The laptop has a user interface designed specifically for children, features built-in wireless capability, and can be recharged by hand with a pulley or a crank.