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# New Standard Educational Fare?
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2517/
- Published: 2005-09-29T13:49:09.000Z
- Updated: 2005-09-29T13:49:09.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Technology, #wpChunk

Just make sure the Internet filter keeps out all references to God:

> The $100 laptop computers that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers want to get into the hands of the world's children would be durable, flexible and self-reliant.

> The machines' AC adapter would double as a carrying strap, and a hand crank would power them when there's no electricity. They'd be foldable into more positions than traditional notebook PCs, and carried like slim lunchboxes.

> For outdoor reading, their display would be able to shift from full color to glare-resistant black and white.

> And surrounding it all, the laptops would have a rubber casing that closes tightly, because "they have to be absolutely indestructible," said Nicholas Negroponte, the MIT Media Lab leader who offered an update on the project Wednesday.

[Link](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050929/ap%5Fon%5Fhi%5Fte/hundred%5Fdollar%5Flaptop;%5Fylt=AkIPKuHXsqaHHmqXHcFjy1Cs0NUE;%5Fylu=X3oDMTA3cjE0b2MwBHNlYwM3Mzg-?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

It would appear these laptops might become standard issue to school children within the next couple of years. Sounds neat, but it wouldn't hurt to keep [Marshall McLuhan](https://thedailyeudemon.com/?p=374#comments) in the back of our minds.