I wasn't aware of the mesh networking part, and indeed that's interesting.
But why didn't they reach the 100$ goal (and AFAIK they completely abandoned the idea that it was possible) if it was "never a fantasy" ?
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A story I could write: an alternative timeline where the #OLPC (One Laptop Per Child AKA as the 100 dollar laptop) became the global default for education and created, with its mesh network, a decentralised approach to a true Internet Of People. -
A story I could write: an alternative timeline where the #OLPC (One Laptop Per Child AKA as the 100 dollar laptop) became the global default for education and created, with its mesh network, a decentralised approach to a true Internet Of People.The OLPC was an interesting initiative, and in a way it succeeded (it created the eePC, which ironically killed it), but I'm not sure that it could ever work considering how they were unable to reach the price level that would have made a real difference in the market...